The following excerpt is from Strand v. Lizzaraga, No. 2:18-cv-2624 MCE DB P (E.D. Cal. 2020):
9. The Wolff procedural due process requirements are: (1) advance, written notice of violation; (2) provision of at least 24 hours to prepare for committee appearance; (3) written statement of fact-finding; (4) the right to present witnesses and evidence where it would not be unduly hazardous to institutional safety; (5) an impartial decision-making body, and (6) assistance if inmate is illiterate or if issues are complex. Wolff, 418 U.S. at 564-70; see generally Hanrahan v. Lane, 747 F.2d 1137, 1140 (7th Cir. 1984). These requirements protect prisoners from "arbitrary actions extinguishing their privileges." Hanrahan, 747 F.2d at 1140 (citation omitted).
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