Does the favorable termination rule apply to prison disciplinary proceedings?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cowart v. Chavez, CASE No. 1:16-cv-0368-AWI-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2016):
proceedings)if success in that action would necessarily demonstrate the invalidity of confinement or its duration." Id. at 81-82. The favorable termination rule applies to prison disciplinary proceedings if those proceedings resulted in the loss of good-time or behavior credits. Edwards v. Balisok, 520 U.S. 641, 646-48 (1997).
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