Ronald Mosley v. Captain Moran

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Plaintiff, Ronald Mosley, is incarcerated at the Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois. Although his complaint contained a variety of claims, the only claim before us on appeal is Mosley’s habeas corpus claim challenging the methods employed in determining his release date. The district court determined that Mosley could have pursued a mandamus action in state court, but that he was not required to exhaust his state court remedies because he was entitled to immediate release if he prevailed on his federal habeas claim. The state does not raise the exhaustion issue on appeal. Initially…