Garrick John v. Michael D. Crews, Secretary, etc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that although circuit court applied incorrect law regarding prisoner’s cause of action and entitlement to avoid filing fee, decision would be affirmed, as prisoner serving life sentence had no entitlement to gaintime award, and no liberty interest was implicated
• holding that although circuit court applied incorrect law regarding prisoner’s cause of action and entitlement to avoid filing fee, decision would be affirmed, as prisoner serving life sentence had no entitlement to gaintime award, and no liberty interest was implicated
• affirming dismissal of petition for writ of mandamus to review prison disciplinary proceedings; appellant serving life sentence had no constitutionally protected liberty interest at stake
• discussing appropriate statute applicable to claims challenging disciplinary confinement, but affirming dismissal for failure to qualify for fee exemption on other grounds
• discussing appropriate statute applicable to claims challenging disciplinary confinement, but affirming dismissal for failure to qualify for fee exemption on other grounds
• affirming the dismissal of a petition for writ of mandamus because “the revocation of gain-time does not implicate appellant’s liberty interests in this case because appellant is serving a life sentence” and thus is “ineligible for gain-time”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).