Opinion ID: 214080
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Baines Disciplinary Report

Text: The December 17 disciplinary report involved O'Bryant and Defendant Baines. Baines asserts that he asked O'Bryant to back away from his cell door because of an emergency in another cell. O'Bryant then said, And if I don't, I guess you'll write me a damn disciplinary report, won't you[?] O'Bryant's version of events differs. According to O'Bryant, he was laying on his bunk on December 17, 2004 when Defendant Baines stopped in front of his cell. Baines made a comment that O'Bryant could not hear, and when O'Bryant asked Baines what Baines had said, Baines replied, You'll find out. On December 21, 2004, O'Bryant was served with notice of a disciplinary report written by Baines (Baines DR) alleging disrespect to officials. [7] This December 21 notice informed O'Bryant of his rights during the investigation process and at the disciplinary hearing; the notice catalogued the same rights he had during the Herring DR investigation and hearing process. For the Baines DR, a disciplinary panel hearing was held on December 29, 2004, in front of Defendants Taylor and Rhynes. O'Bryant contended that the Baines DR was entirely false and written for purely retaliatory reasons. O'Bryant was found guilty based on Sergeant B. Baine's [sic] statement and was sentenced to another 30 days' disciplinary confinement. [8] O'Bryant appealed unsuccessfully to the warden.