James Steve Pearson v. Alabama Department of Corrections.

MAIN, Judge.

James Steve Pearson, an inmate incarcerated in a facility operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, challenging the denial by the Alabama Department of Corrections (“DOC”) of his request to re*831ceive incentive good time.1 On May 19, 2009, the DOC answered and moved to dismiss Pearson’s complaint on the basis that, pursuant to § 14-9-41(e), Ala.Code 1975, he was not entitled to receive incentive good time for time served based on a conviction for first-degree sodomy, a Class A felony. The DOC attached to its motion an affidavit from…