Smith v. O'DEA

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• noting that such petitions require a state court “to ensure that the agency’s judgment comports with the legal restrictions applicable to it” (emphasis added)
• deciding, despite a lack of any direct evidence, a reasonable inference could be -11- made an inmate previously communicated to visiting family his willingness to accept smuggled drugs
• “A -2- petition for declaratory judgment pursuant to KRS 418.040 has become the vehicle, whenever Habeas Corpus proceedings are inappropriate, whereby inmates may seek review of their disputes with the Corrections Department.”
• “A petition for declaratory judgment pursuant to KRS 418.040 has become the vehicle, whenever Habeas Corpus proceedings are inappropriate, whereby inmates 2 Kentucky Revised Statutes. -5- may seek review of their disputes with the Corrections Department.”
• adopting the federal standard of review in Walpole
• adopting the holding in Hill

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