In Re Wilson

Opinion

POCHÉ, J.

During the course of administrative proceedings to be described, prison authorities designated inmate Chauncey T. Wilson as an “R” suffix prisoner, based on his supposed status as a sex-related crime offender, thereby imposing restrictions not ordinarily placed on prison inmates. The trial court granted Wilson’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus and ordered the Warden of San Quentin State Prison and the Director of the Department of Corrections to remove the designation. These officials appeal from that order, contending that the trial court erred in concluding they had…