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McKINNEY v. MEESE

No. 86-2492.

831 F.2d 728 (1987)

William McKINNEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edwin MEESE, Attorney General, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Horgan, Carbondale, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Laura J. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., Benton, Ill., Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before WOOD and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 26, 1987.

PER CURIAM.

William A. McKinney, an inmate at the federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, was disciplined by prison authorities for killing another inmate. The prison authorities relied on confidential information that they did not disclose to McKinney. He filed suit in federal district court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging violations of due process. The district court, after examining the confidential...

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