Legal Opinion
Rivera-Bottzeck v. Ortiz
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 2006No. 04CA1628PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHawthorne, J.
In this civil action seeking an inmate’s referral to a community corrections program, plaintiff, Otto F. Rivera-Bottzeck, appeals the judgment dismissing, pursuant to C.R.C.P. 12(b)(5), his complaint against defendants, Joseph Ortiz, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC), and other DOC personnel. We affirm.
While he was incarcerated, Rivera-Bott-zeck filed a complaint against DOC personnel, alleging that they abused their discretion and exceeded their authority by failing to refer him for placement in a community corrections program and by enacting administrative…
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