U.S. Appeals Court: DUE PROCESS EVIDENCE.

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Gaither v. Anderson 236 F.3d 817(7th Cir. 2000). A state prisoner who was disciplined for theft petitioned for habeas corpus relief. The district court denied the petition and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court found that a security videotape, a corrections officer's report indicating that the videotape showed the prisoner taking a mattress, and a second officer's statements regarding the prisoner's possession of the mattress, provided...