Hardaway v. LARNED CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

Leben, J.:

Inmate Tyron Hardaway was convicted administratively for taking a cup of soda that apparently belonged to a prison food-service employee and then drinking that soda without permission. A hearing officer ordered that he lose 30 days of good-time credit and serve a 15-day disciplinary segregation, but both sanctions were suspended — not to be imposed at all if he received no further reprimands in the next 120 days. He didn’t, and the sanctions weren’t imposed.

Hardaway has nonetheless filed a lawsuit under K.S.A. 60-1501, contending that he wasn’t given a fair hearing — thus denying…