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· 8/5/1998

Herbert Whitlock, Stanley Wrice, and Bennie Lopez v. Adrienne Johnson, Melvin Allen, and George Detella

Citations

  • 153 F.3d 380
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 17859
  • 1998 WL 446423

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  • concluding that summaries of witness interviews are inadequate substitute when live testimony would be feasible at prison disciplinary hearing
  • holding that a blanket rule preventing virtually all live witness testimony vi- olated due process
  • holding that a blanket rule preventing virtually all live witness testimony vi- olated due process
  • holding that a blanket rule preventing virtually all live witness testimony vi- olated due process
  • concluding that summaries of witness interviews are inadequate substitute when live testimony would be feasible at prison disciplinary hearing
  • explaining that Wolff recognized that due process protections might over time require adjustment to meet changing institutional problems and goals

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Judges: Flaum, Manion, Wood

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