Toro v. A.T. Wall

ORDER

The calculation of a prisoner’s good-time credit is the only issue in this appeal. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (DOC) and its director, A.T. Wall, appeal from a Superior Court order requiring them to recalculate the good-behavior credit that had accrued to the plaintiff Edson Toro while he served time for a felony assault conviction and subsequent probation violation. This case came before the Supreme Court for oral argument pursuant to an order directing the parties to show cause why the issues raised in this appeal should not summarily be decided. After reviewing the…