No. 19-8127

Casey Rafael Tyler v. Erik A. Hooks, Warden

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights disciplinary-hearings documentary-evidence due-process evidence hearing-procedures prison-rights prisoners-rights video-surveillance wolff-v-mcdonnell
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Wolff right to present documentary evidence encompass the right to present video evidence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . \olfF v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 558 (1974), established prisoners? right to present documentary evidence at diseiphnary hearings . Since then, lower courts have held that video serverllance was not covered by Wolff, though they ‘now hold! that 1 1s * will be henceforth. Did the Wolff right to present documentary evidence encompass the right to present. video evidence, or is this a new legal context ? If Wolff did encompass video evidence, would the hearing officer be duty bound to personally examine that evidence at the hearing ? How does any body know with certainty which forms of documentary evidence Wolff did or did not authorize for prisoners ° . (i) :

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-04-16
Waiver of right of respondent Hooks, Warden to respond filed.
2020-03-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Casey Rafael Tyler
Casey Rafael Tyler — Petitioner
Casey Rafael Tyler — Petitioner
Hooks, Warden
Clarence Joe DelForge IIINorth Carolina Department of Justice, Respondent
Clarence Joe DelForge IIINorth Carolina Department of Justice, Respondent