Opinion ID: 698813
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Wrongful killing, assault, battery or fighting.

Text: 4 3. Inciting, creating, participating in, being involved in any manner, or committing any mutinous act, riot, or disturbance. 19. Being absent from, arriving late to, or leaving any assigned area without permission; or being in any unassigned or otherwise unauthorized area without permission. 5 During his subsequent disciplinary hearing, Davis admitted that he had left his assigned cell during the riot, claiming that he was afraid to remain in his cell and that he fled the area to avoid the threat posed by other prisoners and the measures being taken by prison officials to regain control. No evidence was presented that Davis had participated in the riot other than the fact that he was found outside of and away from his assigned cell. After the hearing officer found that Davis had violated Rules 3 and 19, he was sentenced to 180 days in punitive segregation and the loss of 60 days of good-time credit for violating Rule 3 and to 40 days concurrent punitive segregation for violating Rule 19. Waters approved these decisions.