· 4/18/2016
AFL Network Services v. Thomas Heglund
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- holding that a mere email stating that a positive test occurred is insufficient without additional information about who performed the test or an officer's opinion based on his training and experience that the substance was an intoxicant
- noting that a prison guard’s lay identification of substance may be sufficient to support disciplinary hearing findings depending on guard’s training and experience
- noting, in prison-discipline context, that guard’s lay identification of substance might be sufficient depending on guard’s training and experience
- hearing officer may not \refuse to consider an inmate's evidence simply because other evidence supports a finding of guilt\
- “[A] hearing officer cannot refuse to consider an inmate’s evidence simply because other evidence supports a finding of guilt.”
- \a hearing officer's decision need only rest on 'some evidence' logically supporting it and demonstrating that the result is not arbitrary.\
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Judges: Rocanelli J.
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