Banuelos v. McFarland

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• holding that actions of counsel substitute in prison disciplinary hearing, like actions of public defender and private attorney, are not actions under color of state law for purposes of Section 1983
• holding that actions of counsel substitute in prison disciplinary hearing, like actions of public defender and private attorney, are not actions under color of state law for purposes of section 1983
• holding that actions of counsel substitute in prison disciplinary hearing, like actions of public defender and private attorney, are not actions under color of state law for purposes of section 1983
• stating that “absent exceptional circumstances, a prisoner’s disagreement with his medical treatment is not actionable under § 1983”
• stating that “absent exceptional circumstances, a prisoner’s disagreement with his medical treatment is not actionable under § 1983”
• explaining that, even if hearing officer erred in not calling witnesses, there was no prejudice because the testimony of the other inmates would not have changed the result of the proceeding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).