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_______________________ P E R C UR I AM A ppel l antM i chae l D avi s appea l s the or derof the U ni t ed St at es D i s t r i ctC our tforthe M i ddl e D i s t r i ctof Penns y l vani a deny i ng hi s pet i t i on forw r i tof habe as corpus fi l ed

pur s uantt o 28 U . S. C . § 2241. Fort he r eas ons thatfol l ow , w e w i l l aff i r m the j udgm entof th e D istric t C o u rt. D avi s , an i nm at e hous ed att he U ni t ed St at es Pr i s on- A l l enw ood, w as s ubj ect ed t o a s ear ch of hi s cel l . A corr ect i onal offi cerfound a s even- i nch s harpened met al r od, w hi ch Da v i s a l l e g e s wa s i n f

a c ta s a r d i n e c a n l i d , i n s i d e a l o c k e d l o c k e rc o n t a i n i n g i t e ms bel ongi ng t o D avi s . A n i nci dentr epor tw as w r i t t en, char gi ng D avi s w i t h pos s es s i on, m anufa ctur e, ori nt r oduct i on of a w eapon. A di s ci pl i naryhear i ng w as conduct ed, at w hi ch D avi s w as r epr es ent ed bya s t aff m ember . D avi s deni ed the cha r ges , m ade a s t at ement , and s ubm i t t ed evi dence i n hi s defe ns e. D avi s w as found t o have c om m i t t ed the ac t s as char ged and w as s anct i oned t o s i xtyday s i n di s ci pl i narys egr egat i on. D avi s fi l ed i n D i s t r i ctC our ta s ect i on 2241 habea s pet i t i on, s eeki ng expungement of the off

ens e fr om hi s r ecor d. D avi s al l eged thathi s due pr oces s r i ght s w er e vi ol at ed dur i ng the var i ous s t ages of the di s ci pl i narypr ocee di ngs . T he pr i s on r es pondent s fi l ed a r es pons e. T he D i s t r i ctC our tdeni ed the habe as pet i t i on and deni ed D avi s ’ s s ubs equent m ot i on forr econs i der at i on. D a v is a p p e a ls b o th o rd e rs . W e h a v e a p p e lla te ju ri s d ic tio n u n d e r 2 8 U .S .C . § 1 2 9 1 . In th is fed era l hab ea s p roc ee d ing , w e e x erc ise p lena ryrev iew o v er the D istri ct C o u rt ’s l egal concl us i ons and appl ya cl ear l yerr oneous s t andar d t o i t s fac tual fi ndi ngs . C r adl e v. U n it ed S tat es, 29 0 F . 3 d 5 3 6 , 5 3 8 (3d C ir . 2 0 0 2 ). U pon cons i der at i on of the r ecor d and the part i es ’ ar gum ent s on appea l , w e agr eeI n hi s aff i davi tacc om pany i ng hi s habea s pet i t i on, D avi s i m pl i es thatthe pr ocee di ngs 1 resu lt ed in the loss o f g o o d ti m e c red it . (H ab ea s P eti ti o n , A ff idav itat 4 ¶ 2 3 . ) H o w ev er, th e D isc ip lin e H e a rin g O f f ice r R e p o rt re f

lec ts th a t d isc ip lin a ryse g re g a tio n w a s th e o n ly s anct i on i m pos ed. We n o t e t h a tDa v i s f

i l e d a s e p a r a t e a c t i o n p u r s u a n tt o Bi v e n s v . S i x Un k n o wn 2 N amed A gent s of Feder al B ur eau of N ar cot i cs , 403 U . S. 388 ( 1971) , and ther ei n i ncl uded d u e p ro c e ss c laim s c o n c e rn in g th e d isc ip lin a ryh e a rin g a t issu e su b ju d ice . T h e m a tter is curr ent l ypendi ng i n a s epar at e appe al , C . A . N o. 05- 4801. w i th the D i s t r i ctC our t ’ s concl us i on t hathabea s r el i ef i s notavai l abl e t o D avi s beca us e he i s notchal l engi ng t he fa ctordur at i on of hi s confi nement . See Pr ei s erv. R odr i guez, 4 1 1 U .S . 4 7 5 (1 9 7 3 ). A h a b e a s p e tit io n w o u ld b e th e p ro p e r m e a n s o f se e k in g re lief

if the s anct i on had i ncl uded l os s of good t i m e cr edi t s . See i d. at487. A s anct i on of d isc ip lin a ryse g re g a tio n , h o w e v e r, d o e s n o t im p lica te th e f a c t o r le n g th o f

c o n f in e m e n t. 1 D avi s ar gues t hatt he D i s t r i ctC our ti m pr oper l ydeni ed hi s m ot i on forr econs i der at i on wi th o u te v a l u a t i n g h i s d u e p r o c e s s c l a i ms . F o rth e s a me r e a s o n s a l r e a d ys t a t e d , we di s cern no err ori n t he deni al of the mot i on forr econs i der at i on, i n w hi ch D avi s expande d up on his du e process cl ai m s r el at i ng t o the di sci pli naryproceed i ng s. 2 W e h a v e c o n s id e re d D a v is ’s a rg u m e n ts a n d c o n c lu d e th a t th e ya re w ith o u t m e ri t. Forthe for egoi ng r eas ons , w e w i l l aff i r m the or derdeny i ng D avi s ’ s habea s pet i t i on under 28 U . S. C . § 2241.