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Exhaustion Not Mandatory for Kansas Habeas Petitioners; Retained Counsel at Disciplinary Hearings is Discretionary
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2002, page 17
The Supreme Court of Kansas held that prisoners are not required to exhaust administrative remedies before petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus. The court also held that neither due process nor regulations of the Department of Corrections (DOC) entitle prisoners to representation by retained counsel during prison disciplinary proceedings. ...
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Disciplinary Litigation,
Counsel,
Administrative Exhaustion,
Habeas Corpus.
Location:
Kansas.
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