Schuyler v. Roberts

Hill, J.:

Leo F. Schuyler, an inmate at the El Dorado Correctional Facility (EDCF), sought habeas corpus relief from the district court when prison officials classified him as a sex offender. Schuyler was so classified because he was once charged with aggravated sexual batteiy, a charge that was later dismissed by the State. The district court summarily denied Schuyler’s petition ruling that this was a matter of internal prison management and was therefore best left to “the professional staff.”

Further inquiry is needed here. Employing a “stigma plus” standard, as adopted by the Tenth Circuit…