What rights does a witness have to testify in a disciplinary hearing?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Sanchez v. Miller, Case No.: 14cv2407-LAB-MDD (S.D. Cal. 2016):

include the right to call witnesses. Id. "These healthy procedural protections, however, adhere only when the disciplinary action implicates a protected liberty interest." Serrano v. Francis, 345 F.3d 1071, 1077-78 (9th Cir. 2003).

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