Jones v. Clarke

Stanley Jones, an offender currently incarcerated at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, filed this declaratory judgment action against the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; its director, Harold W. Clarke; and Nebraska State Penitentiary Warden Frank Hopkins (Appellants) to determine his rights under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1,107 (Reissue 1994), which prescribes the manner by which an offender’s sentence shall be reduced for good behavior, commonly referred to as “good time.”

The issue presented in this case is whether Jones’ good time should be computed under the statutory formula in…