Rodgers v. LeBlanc

Zander Rodgers, an inmate in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC), appeals a district court judgment dismissing his petition for judicial review of disciplinary decision RCC-2016-1096 for failing to state a cause of action. Rodgers, whose criminal history includes a sexual battery conviction, claims DPSC is improperly characterizing him as a sex offender and deeming him ineligible for work release pursuant to a DPSC regulation providing sex offenders are unsuitable for work release.1 A commissioner of the district court *949reasoned work release is a…