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Ninth Circuit· 8/6/1987

Cato v. Rushen

Citations

  • 824 F.2d 703

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  • noting that while the Court in 21 Hill characterized the evidence as “meager,” it “found the record ‘not so devoid of evidence 22 that the findings of the disciplinary board were without support or otherwise arbitrary’” 23 (quoting Hill, 472 U.S. at 457)
  • noting that while the Court in 21 Hill characterized the evidence as “meager,” it “found the record ‘not so devoid of evidence 22 that the findings of the disciplinary board were without support or otherwise arbitrary’” 23 (quoting Hill, 472 U.S. at 457)
  • the information that forms the basis of a prison disciplinary action must have some indicia of reliability
  • \there must be some indicia of reliability of the information that forms the basis for prison disciplinary actions\
  • confidential informant hearsay statement found unreliable because lacking first hand knowledge
  • “The Hill 2 standard is minimally stringent.”

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Judges: Alarcon, Canby, Sneed

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