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WHITLOCK v. JOHNSON

No. 98-1133.

153 F.3d 380 (1998)

Herbert WHITLOCK, Stanley Wrice, and Bennie Lopez, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Adrienne JOHNSON, Melvin Allen, and George DeTella, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Peters (argued), Murphy, Peters & Davis, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

A. Benjamin Goldgar (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before FLAUM, MANION, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Prisoners faced with the revocation of good-time credits have a qualified right to call witnesses in their defense. See Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974). Officials at Illinois' Stateville Correctional Center contend that this right is satisfied when, in lieu of actually bringing an inmate's requested witnesses to testify at the revocation hearing, officials instead interview...

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