What is the test for denying a prisoner's request to call a witness at a disciplinary hearing?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Miller v. Rickley, No. 2:15-cv-2405 CKD P (E.D. Cal. 2016):
(Id. at 7-8.) "[A]n inmate is allowed to present witnesses when to do so does not threaten institutional safety or correctional goals." Bostic v. Carlson, 884 F.2d 1267, 1271 (9th Cir. 1989). If prison officials deny a prisoner's request to call a witness at a disciplinary hearing, they must provide the prisoner with an adequate justification for denying the request. Id.
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