U.S. appeals court "BAD" time liberty interest punishment.

• Position: Discipline - Brief Article

Diaz v. Kinkela, 253 F.3d 241 (6th Cir. 2001). A prisoner applied for habeas corpus relief, challenging his incarceration for the "bad time" portion of his sentence. The district court dismissed the application and the appeals court affirmed, finding that the application was moot because the prisoner had been released, and that the prisoner was not entitled to a sentence reduction. The prisoner's sentence had...