Sivak v. State

Lacey Sivak, a prison inmate who was briefly incarcerated at the Ada County jail, seeks our review of a district court order dismissing his appeal from a magistrate’s order which denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Although the case has been captioned as “Lacey Sivak v. State of Idaho,” Sivak’s petition was directed at Ada County. Sivak alleged that when he became involved in an altercation with another jail inmate, the jail authorities put him on “lockdown” status without a hearing. The petition further alleged that prisoners on “lockdown” status were afforded fewer privileges…