· 5/13/1981
Langley v. Scurr
Citations
- 305 N.W.2d 418
- 1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 942
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the APA would be inappropriate for prison disciplinary procedures
- “Because the work release committee is established by statute, it differs from the prison disciplinary committee involved in Langley_”
- prison disciplinary committees are not within the definition of agencies under the Iowa Administrative Procedure Act
- inmate who was not illiterate, was not faced with complex issue, and who never requested assistance from the staff in preparing a defense was not entitled to a counsel substitute
- judicial review under ch. 17A, The Code, not applicable to prison disciplinary proceedings
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Judges: Reynoldson, Uhlenhopp, Harris, McGiverin, Larson
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