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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 39 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Travis Denny v. Paul Schultz.

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1 Travis Denny v. Paul Schultz Anchor
ca3 · 2013
green “need only find that the hearing officer's decision had 'some basis in fact' in order to affirm the decision as comporting with the due process clause” 13
2 Speight v. Minor
ca3 · 2007
green “the 'some evidence' standard does not require . . . independent assessment of the credibility of witnesses or weighing of the evidence.” 10
3 Joel Meyers v. Noah Alldredge, Warden, United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
ca3 · 1974
green “prohibits only those officials who have a direct personal or otherwise substantial involvement . . . in the circumstances underlying the charge from sitting on the disciplinary body.” 6
4 Steven McGee v. William Scism
ca3 · 2012
green “finding essentially checkmates a retaliation claim” 4
5 Damien Donahue v. J. Grondolsky
ca3 · 2010
green “united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit . . . has held that the rule of brady v. maryland requiring the disclosure of material exculpatory evidence applies to prison disciplinary proceedings.” 3
6 Miguel Guerrero v. Monica Recktenwald
ca3 · 2013
green “pursuant to 28 c.f.r. 541.8 (a)(1), a dho has the authority to find that an inmate 'committed the prohibited act(s) charged, and/or a similar prohibited act(s) as described in the incident report.” 3

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