Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Due Process
Plaintiff, an inmate at an Illinois prison, filed a lawsuit alleging that his due process rights were violated after he was sentenced to three months in segregation arguing that the disciplinary hearing did not provide constitutionally required procedural safeguards. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, noting that precedent only requires only informal due process for prisoners who do not face the loss of good-time credits or other punishments that could lengthen their sentence. (BRENNAN and ROVNER, concurring)