Clinton v. Bonds

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an inmate asserting a constitutional claim is entitled to judicial review under the APA
• holding that, despite its language to the contrary, § 25-15-212(a) provides for judicial review of any ADC determination (including one involving an inmate’s “good time”) that raises a federal or state constitutional question
• explaining that “the administration of prisons has generally been held to be beyond the province of the courts,” but “[a]n exception to the courts’ reticence to entertain prisoners administrative complaints occur when the petitioner asserts an infringement upon constitutional rights”
• whether there was an administrative adjudication is not relevant where the sole issue is the constitutionality of the act in question

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