ESPINOZA v. PETERSON

No. 01-1455.

283 F.3d 949 (2002)

Ysidro ESPINOZA, Petitioner — Appellant, v. T.C. PETERSON, Respondent — Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea K. George, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Katherine M. Menendez, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for appellant.

Andrew S. Dunne, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, HEANEY, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Federal inmate Ysidro Espinoza seeks judicial review of prison discipline in which he lost thirteen days of "good time" credit for fighting with another inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute at Sandstone, Minnesota. The district court1 denied habeas corpus relief, concluding that "some evidence" supports the prison officials' decision to impose this sanction, the due...

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