Opinion ID: 1856206
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Heading: Leonard: Time Limits for Disciplinary Hearing.

Text: Leonard also argues that the authorities violated two prison rules regarding the timing of disciplinary hearings. Rule III(D)(1)(C) provides that a disciplinary hearing must be held within four days of a complaint unless summary action has been taken. If summary action has been taken, rule V(C)(9)(B) requires the authorities to either hold or continue the hearing within two working days. In Leonard's case, summary action was taken on February 2 at 7:30 a.m., when he was served with the disciplinary reports and placed in segregation. Leonard was served with a continuance notice on February 4 at 11:00 a.m. He argues that the continuance was served too late to satisfy the two-day rule. The district court said that it is incorrect when reading this rule to equate two working days with forty-eight hours. The court reasoned that the continuance satisfied the rule as long as it came on the second working day after the summary action, which it did in this case. We think the district court's reading of this rule is reasonable. As such, it is affirmed.