McDowell v. Taylor

This is an action for judicial review of a corrections administrative remedy procedure. On appeal, appellants, Major Mills and Colonel Robinson, appeal from a district court judgment in favor of appellee, Robert McDowell, in the amount of $3,000.00. We reverse and reinstate the agency’s decision.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Appellee is a former inmate at the David Wade Correctional Center (“WCC”) in .Ho*1150mer, Louisiana.1 On June 10 and 11, 1997, appellee was required to work in the prison garden. According to appellee, he was allowed to work while sitting on a bucket on the 10th; but the bucket…