No. 25-7144

Bruce Phillippi v. Brian Allo, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-04-06
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: due-process habeas-corpus indeterminate-sentencing liberty-interest prison-discipline section-1983
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Since District courts throughout California, and the 9th Circuit, have found that Life sentenced (indeterminate) do not have a liberty interest in forfeited credits (I.E. , §1983) and Wolff claims are therefore unavailable to them,= Do indeterminately sentenced inmates have a habeas remedy available to them to challenge prison disciplinary DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS^ ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether indeterminately sentenced inmates have a habeas remedy available to challenge prison disciplinary due process violations when federal courts have found they lack a liberty interest in forfeited credits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983

Docket Entries

2025-10-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 6, 2026)

Attorneys

Bruce Phillippi
Bruce Phillippi — Petitioner