A fte r ex am in in g th e b rie fs a n d rec or d , w e h av e c on c lu d ed th atora l arg u m en t is * u n n ec es sa ry . T h u s, th e a p p ea l is su b m itt ed on th e b r i efs an d th e re c or d . SeeF ED . R. A PP . P. 34(a)(2) . 

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- 1446 S TE VE P I GG, P et it ioner-App el lant, v. AL AN F I NNAN, R espo nd ent-A pp ellee . A p p eal from the U nited States D istri ct C ou rt for th e So u th er nD ist ric t o f Ind ian a, Te r r e H au te Di vi si o n. N o. 07C 209 L ar ry J. M c K in n ey , Judg e . O R D E R Guar ds atthe W ab as h Va l l eyCo r r ec ti o na lF ac i l i tys ea r ch ed i nm at e S te ve Pi g ga nd hi s ce l l . Mr. Pi g gha d a b ago fl o o se t o ba cc o , a nd the r e was a c ano fc he wi ngt o ba cc o in the cel l . Afte r the s ear ch M r. Pi gg adm i tte d that the l oo se tob acco was hi s. M r. Pi gg w as charg ed w i th a Clas s B o ffense und er§ B-24 5 o fthe I nd i ana Ad ultDis ci plinaryPro cedures f orunauthor i zed poss ess i on o f“m or e than one ( 1) ci gar ett e, any tob acco , tobacco NONP RE C E DE NT I AL DI S PO S I T I ON To b e ci te d o nl y in a cc o r dan ce wi th Fe d . R. A p p . P. 32 .1N o. 08
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assoc iated prod uc ts or un au th orized tob acc o sub stitut e prod uc ts.” A t his d iscipli na ry he ar i ng, M r . Pi g ga ppar en tly t r i ed, b utwas no t per m i tt ed, t o int r o duce a wri tt ens ta te m en t fro m h is c ellm at e, w h o c laim ed res p on sib ility for th e “ p in c hof sn u ff” fo u n d in th e c ell. M r. Pi gg tol d the bo ar d that the bago ftobacco was hi s, but sai d ther e wasn’teno ugh l oo se tob acco to r ol lm or e than one ci gar ett e. The b oar d fo und M r. Pi gg gui l ty ofthe vi ol ati on an d sa n c tio n ed h im w ith a los s o f 60 d ay s e ar n ed cr ed it t im e. In h is a d m in ist ra tiv e a p p ea l, M r. Pigg argue d un su cce ssfully that th e board shou ld h ave con side red his cell m ate’s st at ement, a nd he make s th e sa m e cl ai m in the pe ti ti o n fo rhabe as c o r pus he fi l ed i n the dist ri ct c ourtunder 28 U . S. C. § 2 254. The di str i ct c ourt, r eas oni ng tha t M r. Pi gg w as not d en ied d u e p ro c es s b ec au se h is c ellm at e’s st at em en t is n otex c u lp at or y, d en ied th e p et itio n . On app ealM r. Pi gg press es hi s a rgum ent that the st ate m ent i s r el evantto the proper c l a s s i fi c a t i o n o fh i s infr a c t i o n a nd thu s s ho ul d h a v e b e e n c o ns i de r e d b y the b o a r d. O u r re vie w is d e n ov o. Panne l l v. M cBr i de, 3 06 F . 3d 49 9, 5 02 ( 7th Ci r . 2 00 2) . Indi an a i nm ate s hav e al iber ty i nter estin thei r goo d-ti m e cr edi ts, and pri son offi ci al s m ay not re vo ke th em w ith ou t d u e p ro c es s. C o ch ran v. B uss , 381 F.3d 63 7, 63 9 (7 th C ir. 20 04 ); P iggie v. M cBr i de, 27 7 F . 3d 922, 92 4 ( 7th Ci r. 20 02) . Due pro cess r equi re s, as r el evanther e, that p ris on er s h av e th e o p p or tu n ity to ca ll w itn es se s a n d p re se n t d oc u m en ta ry ev id en c e. W olff v. M cD onnell, 418 U .S. 53 9, 56 6 (1 97 4); Pigg i ev. Cot t on , 344 F.3d 674, 67 7 (7 th C ir. 20 03 ). I t is notclear that M r. Pigg even offered his cell m ate’s state m en t at the discip lina ry he ar i ng ; he s ay s he di d, s o a t th i s st ag e we a cc epthi s r epr es en ta ti o n a s true . Buta ss um i ng h e d id , an y e rro r on th e b oa rd ’s p ar t w as h ar m les s. Se ePiggi ev. Cot t on , 34 4 F . 3d at 666 ( 7th Cir . 20 03) . In hi s wri tte n sta tem ent the ce l l m ate acknow l edges own er shi p ofthe “pi nch of snuff , ” whil e a t the sa m e t i m e insi sting tha t the “c i gar ett e” f ound by the guar ds w as M r. Pi gg’ s. Even v i ew i ng thi s s tat em ent in the m ostge nero us poss ibl e l i ght, i t s er ves to i ncri m i nate, r atherthan excul pate. M r. Pi gg ar gues that the c el l m ate ’ s s tat em ent s up port s hi s co ntenti on that o nl y the tobacco in the bag bel onge d to hi m and that the a m ount o f l oo se tob acco was equi val ent t o one ci gar ett e. Ther efor e, r eas ons M r. Pi gg, he i s guil ty, not of v iola tin g § B -24 5, b u t o f a les se r C las s C offe n se . See A DULT D ISCIPLIN ARY P ROCEDURES§ C-36 9. But there ar e aco up l e o fprobl em s with M r. Pi gg’ s a rgum ent. F i rs t, § B-24 5 pr o vi des tha t aninm at e co m m i ts a Cl as s B o ffen se b y “ us e o rpo ss es si o n o fmor e th ano ne ( 1) ci gar ett e, any tob acco , tobacco as soc i ate d products o r unauthori zed tobacco subst i tute products. ” The sta te ar gues that the am ount oftobacco i s i rr el evantbec ause posse ssi on o f an y loo se to b ac c o in st ea d of an ac tu al c iga re tt e v iola te s th e p ro sc rip tio n . T h is i nter preta ti on fi ts the l anguage o f§ B-24 5, and M r. Pi gg does nothi ng to co nvi nce us to adopt any othe r i nter preta ti on. S eco nd , ev en i fthe chew i ng tobacco di d not be l ong to M r. Pi gg, i t was found in hi s bunk. Pr i son disc i plinarydeci si ons m ust be supporte d by “so m e e vi dence. ” Sc r uggs v. Jor dan , 48 5 F . 3d 934, 94 1 ( 7th Ci r. 20 07) . W hen onl y afew i n ma t e s h a v e a c c e s s t o th e p l a c e c o n t r ab a n d i s f o u n d , c o n s t r u c t i v e p o s s e s s i o ni s “ s o meN o. 08
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ev id en c e” su fficie n t t o s u st ain a d isc ip lin ar y c on vic tio n . See Ha m ilto n v . O ’Lea ry, 97 6 F . 2d 34 1, 34 5 (7 th C ir. 19 92 ); M as on v. Sa rge nt, 8 98 F . 2d 67 9, 6 79
- 80 ( 8th Ci r . 1 99 0) . Be ca us e th e c ellm at e’s st at em en t w ou ld n oth av e c h an ge d th e o u tc om e o f M r. P igg ’s c as e, an y e rro r in re fusi ng to adm i t i t was har m l ess , and the j ud gm ent o fthe dist ri ct c ourti s AF F I RMED.