W.G. v. Department of Children and Families

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that prison disciplinary committee did not deny inmate due process by elevating charge from No. 12-1645 Page 4 possession of “contraband” to “dangerous contraband” since both charges shared same factual basis
• concluding that an inmate was not denied due process by a prison disciplinary committee's finding that he had violated a different rule from the one contained in the notice because an inmate had notice of \the factual charge\ constituting the basis for his rule violation
• finding no due process violation when a charge was upgraded without new notice because the incident report “gave [the prisoner] all of the information he needed to make his defense”
• upholding section 1915(d) dismissal after finding \some evidence\ on complaint's face supporting disciplinary decision
• no due process violation where a prison disciplinary committee without pri- or notice modified charge of “possession of contraband” to “possession of dangerous contraband” since same facts supported both charges
• “prison disciplinary committee did not deny petitioner due process by elevating charge from ‘possession of contraband’ to ‘possession of dangerous contraband’ because the factual basis for both charges was the same”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).