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Alaska Prisoner’s Action to Overturn DR Not Moot if Relief Sought Greater than Obtained
Loaded on April 15, 2011
by David Reutter
By David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Work,
Work Conditions/Safety,
Disciplinary Litigation,
Witnesses (Disciplinary Hearings).
Location:
Alaska.
The Alaska Supreme Court has held that a prisoner’s action to reverse a disciplinary charge is not moot where the relief sought is greater than that afforded by prison officials.
Before the Court was the appeal of Alaska prisoner Henry J. Bauer, who received a disciplinary …
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