Helm v. Washington

How courts have described this case

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• stating that an inmate's petition that sought a grant of sentencing credit was not appropriate for habeas corpus relief
• inmate's mandamus petition properly dismissed because decision to award meritorious good-conduct credit to qualifying prisoners is discretionary
• inmate’s mandamus petition properly dismissed because decision to award meritorious good-conduct credit to qualifying prisoners is discretionary
• “Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that may be used only to compel a public official or body to perform a ministerial duty in which the official exercises no discretion”
• \Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that may be used only to compel a public official or body to perform a ministerial duty in which the official exercises no discretion\
• inmate's mandamus petition properly dismissed because decision to award meritorious good-conduct credit to qualifying prisoners is discretionary

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).