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Fifth Circuit· 6/25/2001

Broussard v. Johnson

Citations

  • 253 F.3d 874
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 14170
  • 2001 WL 636815

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  • holding that evidence in prison proceeding was insufficient to support charge and that the Texas Department of Corrections could “provide Broussard with a new, constitutionally adequate hearing within ninety days”
  • concluding that discovery of bolt cutters in kitchen where an inmate worked, which was accessible to 100 other inmates, did not, on its own, amount to \some evidence\
  • holding “some evidence” standard not met where more than 100 inmates had access
  • “Prison disciplinary proceedings are overturned only where no evidence in the record supports the decision.”
  • where the only evidence that petitioner possessed bolt cutters was the fact that they were found in the kitchen where he worked, to which 100 inmates had access, the evidence was insufficient to satisfy “some evidence” standard

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Judges: Davis, Wiener, Stewart

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