A federal inmate brought an application for habeas corpus challenging his reclassification from medium to maximum security and transfer to another institution.
The applicant argued that correctional authorities breached procedural fairness by withholding information relied upon in the transfer decision and that the decision was unreasonable.
The court reviewed the disclosure process under s. 27 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the principles set out in Mission Institution v. Khela.
After reviewing a sealed affidavit explaining the withheld information and the reliability of confidential sources, the court found that the correctional authorities lawfully invoked s. 27(3) and disclosed sufficient summaries to allow the applicant to meet the case against him.
The court further held that the transfer decision fell within the range of reasonable outcomes supported by the evidentiary record.
