United States Fifth Circuit

In the context of prison disciplinary hearings, no amount of previously earned good-time credit is so insignificant that it may be taken away by an institution administratively without affording an inmate due process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/21/2007
• Published 03/22/2007

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before WIENER and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges, and MARTINEZ, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jason Douglas Hawkins (argued), Dallas, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• S. Michael Bozarth, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Postconviction Litigation Div., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.