William Chavis v. Charles J. Rowe, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a prisoner stated a live claim for damages for the time spent in segregation on a disciplinary case which was later overturned
• holding inmate’s right to present evidence was violated when committee did not disclose investigatory report containing exculpatory witness statements
• requiring disclosure of exculpatory evidence to insure “the right of the [inmate] to prepare the best defense he can and bring to the [disciplinary committee’s] attention any evidence helpful to his case”
• the written statement must disclose why the disciplinary board relied on certain evidence and rejected other evidence
• “The Adjustment Committee's report at the conclusion of the hearing simply said: ‘We recognize and consider the -9- No. 1-22-1299 resident(‘)s statement(,) however(,) we accept the reporting officer(’)s charges.’”
• disclosure of exculpatory evidence must be made to the inmate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).