Grandberry v. Smith

Dist. Ct. erred in denying petitioner’s habeas petition challenging instant revocation of 30 days of petitioner’s good-time credits based on charge that petitioner, in his capacity as prison inmate law clerk, misused library’s computers by downloading child support and divorce legal forms pursuant to requests made by prison’s library staff. Record showed that instant downloading was “authorized” because it had been requested by prison staff, and thus record failed to establish that petitioner had violated any prison rule. Ct. rejected prison’s claim that petitioner should not have followed staff’s directives.