Taylor v. Petrie

IRVING, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Charlie Taylor, an inmate in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), filed a “Motion to Show Cause” in the Sunflower County Circuit Court, alleging that the MDOC and David Petrie, an MDOC adjudicator, had denied several of his rights and that he had suffered cruel and unusual punishment while in the MDOC’s custody. After a series of motions and hearings, the circuit court dismissed Taylor’s petition, finding that he had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies with the MDOC. Feeling aggrieved, Taylor appeals and asserts that: (1) he…