U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2003

Trujillo v. Terhune

Trujillo v. Terhune
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided May 19, 2003 · Graber, Pregerson, Reinhardt
65 F. App'x 162

Trujillo v. Terhune

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Warden Cal. A. Terhune appeals the district court’s order requiring prison officials to correct a misstatement in the administrative record of state prisoner Tony Trujillo. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court’s legal conclusions in granting a permanent injunction. Scott v. Pasadena Unified Sch. Dist., 306 F.3d 646, 653 (9th Cir. 2002). We affirm.

Prison officials concede that they issued a director level decision erroneously stating that Trujillo was disciplined for possession of drugs when he was in fact disciplined for refusing to submit to drug testing. The district court properly ordered the prison to remove this incorrect information from Trujillo’s prison inmate file. See Burnsworth v. Gunderson, 179 F.3d 771, 775 (9th Cir. 1999) (upholding district court’s expungement order while acknowledging that prisoner did not demonstrate cognizable liberty interest).

AFFIRMED.

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