United States Tenth Circuit

Errors made by prison officials in denying witness testimony at official hearings are subject to harmless error review. An order denying a petition for habeas corpus is affirmed where any error precluding defendant from presenting a witness at his hearing for incitement to riot was harmless, and his punishment on a contraband charge did not implicate a liberty interest and hence give rise to protections under the Due Process Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/08/2006
• Published 05/08/2006

Judges

• LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, BRISCOE, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs:   Patrick B. Grossman, Pro Se, of Hutchinson, KS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kristafer R. Ailslieger, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Kansas Attorney General, Topeka, KS, for Respondents-Appellees.