Legal Opinion

Tyner v. Zant

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 12, 1986No. 42865PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

The appellant, an inmate of the Georgia State Prison, filed in Fulton Superior Court a petition for mandamus to obtain the removal of a disciplinary sanction imposed on him following a disciplinary hearing pursuant to Rule 125-3-2-.06 of the Official Rules of the Georgia Department of Corrections, and the expunction of this sanction from his prison record. He appeals from the denial of the writ of mandamus. We affirm.

“The right to the extraordinary writ of mandamus exists only upon meeting a two[-]prong test: (1) the applicant must demonstrate a clear legal right…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Heard v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  2. Carnes v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. North Fulton Medical Center, Inc. v. StephensonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  2. SMITH v. WHITEDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 2022

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