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IN RE GRANTHAM

No. 82194-1.

227 P.3d 285 (2010)

168 Wash.2d 204

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of James W. GRANTHAM, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 4, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Donnan, Nancy P. Collins, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Peter William Berney, Attorney General's Office, Criminal Justice Division, Jay Douglas Geck, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

CHAMBERS, J.

¶ 1 James Grantham, an inmate, was disciplined for attempting to smuggle tobacco and marijuana into the McNeil Island Corrections Center. He challenges the disciplinary process and the sufficiency of the evidence against him. We take this opportunity to clarify the approach courts must take in such cases and hold that a petitioner seeking relief in a personal restraint petition from prison discipline is not required to make a prima facie showing...

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