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DIAZ v. DUCKWORTH

No. 96-2630.

143 F.3d 345 (1998)

Fabio A. DIAZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack R. DUCKWORTH, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fabio A. Diaz, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana, Petitioner-Appellant Pro Se.

Michael A. Hurst (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Tiffanie N. Cason, pro se, Cyrus Amir-Mokri (argued), Amarjeet Singh Bhachu, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Illinois), Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae Tiffanie N. Cason.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Fabio Diaz was an inmate of an Indiana state prison (probably for a drug offense, although the record is unclear) when he instituted this habeas corpus action, claiming that he had been subjected to prison discipline in violation of his right to due process of law. The prison authorities had found that he had violated a rule of the prison forbidding inmates to use or possess drugs, and had "sentenced" him to (among other things) a loss of 180...

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