Sauls v. McKune

Leben, J.:

Prison inmates have some due-process rights when prison officials enter disciplinary sanctions against them that take away either liberty or property interests. So Keith Sauls filed a court action challenging the $20 fine and loss of good-time credits entered as a sanction against him for escaping from custody for a brief time. The district court threw out Sauls’ suit because it had not been physically served on the Secretary of Corrections within time limits applicable to most civil lawsuits. But we reverse because that time limit does not apply to prisoner habeas suits under…