Meachum v. Fano

Fano (plaintiff), a prisoner at a Massachusetts medium-security facility, was ordered transferred to a maximum-security prison by superintendent Meachum (defendant) based on Fano's in-prison conduct. At the transfer hearing Fano testified and presented evidence but was not permitted to confront or cross-examine adverse witnesses, including Meachum himself, and Fano sued claiming this denial violated his procedural due process rights; the court of appeals ruled for Fano, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari.