DAWSON v. SMITH

No. 82-2077.

719 F.2d 896 (1983)

Billy Ray DAWSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William French SMITH and Harold G. Miller, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

September 12, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Babione, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, East St. Louis, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., Richard H. Lloyd, Asst. U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before PELL, POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied October 7, 1983.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Billy Ray Dawson, an inmate at the federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, appeals to this court from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Dawson asserts that he was denied due process of law in a prison disciplinary proceeding while he was incarcerated at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, after a confidential informant advised prison...

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