Pursuant to 5 TH C IR . R. 47.5 , the court has determined that thisopinion should not be published * and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forthin 5 TH C IR . R. 47.5 .4.



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. S. C. § 2 24 1 pe t i t i o n c hall e ngi ng e i ghtdif fe r e nt pri son d i sci pl i n ary proceedi n gs. Arc e ne auxc hall e nge s t he di s t r i c tc o ur t ’ s deter m i nat i o n t hathi s due p r o c e s s r i g h t s w e r e n o tv i o l a t e dd u r i n gt h e d i s c i p l i n a r yp r o c e e d i n g s . H e con ten d s th a t h is r e fusa lto j ointhe ge n era lpr i son po p u l a ti on didn ot viol a te United States Court of App eals

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2 pri son regu l ati on s and t h at pri son of f i ci al s w rongly di d n oti n t ervi ew w i t n esses c o n c e r n i n gh i s r e a s o n s f o rr e f u s i n gt o j o i n t h e g e n e r a lp r i s o n p o p u l a t i o n . H e fu r th e ra r g u e s th a t h is d u e p r o c e s s rig h ts w e r e v io la te db e c a u s e h e w a s n o t t o ld h i s r i gh t s c on cerni n g t h e di sci pl i n ary proceedi n gs an d becau se he w as not given t h e opp ort u n i t y t o i n t ervi ew t h e w i t n esses or requ esta st af f representat ive. A n y fai l u re by pri son of f i ci al s t o com pl y w i t h t h ei r ow n regul ati on s does
n o t st a te a c o n s tit u tio n a l c la im c o g n iz a b le o n h a b e a s re v ie w . J a ck so n v. Ca in , 86 4 F. 2d1 23 5, 1 25 1– 52 ( 5th Ci r . 198 9)
. N e ve r t he l e s s , w hi l e A r c e ne aux“ has no fede r alr i ghtt o i nsi stt hata s t at e f oll ow it s ow n pro c edur alr ul es , he do es have
arigh t to p roce d u res w h i ch m ee t con sti tu ti on a ldu e p roce ss stan d a rd s. ” I d. at 1 2 5 2
. “Wh e r e a p r i s o n d i s c i p l i n a r y h e a r i n g ma y r e s u l t i n t h e l o s s o f g o o dt i me credi t s, ” du e process requi res: “(1 ) a dv an ce w rit t ennoti ce of t h e di sci pl i n ary c har ge s ; ( 2) an o ppo r t uni t y, w he n c o ns i s t e ntw i t h i ns t i t ut i o nals af e t y and
c o r r e c t i o n a lg o a l s , t o c a l lwi t n e s s e s a n dp r e s e n td o c u m e n t a r ye v i d e n c e i n [t he i n m ate’ s] defen se; an d ( 3) a w rit t en stat em en tb y t h e fact f i n der of the evidence reli edon an dthe rea son s f or th e d i sciplin a r ya cti on . ” S u p er in ten d en t v. Hill , 4 7 2 U .S . 4 4 5 , 4 5 4 (1 9 8 5 ). “[T ]h e r e q u i r e m e n ts o f d u e p r o c e s s a r e s a tis fie dif
s o m e e vi de nc e s upp o r t s t he de c i s i o n by t he pr i s o n di s c i pli nary bo ar d t o r e vo ke go odti m e cre d i ts. ” I d. at455. Arc e ne auxw as g ive n writ t e n no t i c e o f hi s r i ght s c o n c e r ni ng t he di sci pl i n ary proceedi n gs an d an adequ ate opp ort u n i t y t o i n t ervi ew w i t n esses or r eques ta s t af

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