Charron v. State

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Kenneth Charron, on behalf of himself and others, appeals a judgment dismissing his petition against the State of Missouri and other institutional parties for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. For the following reasons, we affirm as modified.

Appellant, an inmate at the Missouri Department of Corrections located in Bonne Terre, filed a pro se declaratory judgment action on behalf of himself and other allegedly similarly situated inmates 1 against the State of Missouri and others. As summarized by Appellant, the petition “ask[ed] that the court answer certain…