Is the favorable termination rule applicable in prison disciplinary hearings involving good-time credits?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sevilla v. Maldonado, Case No.: 3:16-cv-2364 BAS (DHB) (S.D. Cal. 2017):
tribunal authorized to make such determination, or called into question by a federal court's issuance of a writ of habeas corpus...." Id. at 487. The favorable termination rule has also been invoked in prison disciplinary hearings involving good-time credits. Edwards v. Balisok, 520 U.S. 641, 648 (1997).
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