Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Markovic v. Litscher

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Decided June 21, 2018No. Appeal No. 2017AP2206Published

1Opinion of the CourtKloppenburg, J.

*580¶1 Wisconsin Department of Corrections Secretary Jon Litscher dismissed Drazen Markovic's inmate complaint, which alleged that DOC acted without authority when it took money out of Markovic's prison account beginning in 2016.1 DOC took the money to satisfy unpaid restitution ordered in a 1995 judgment that imposed a sentence that Markovic completed in 2002. Markovic petitioned the circuit court for a writ of certiorari. The circuit court reversed DOC's decision, concluding that DOC lost its authority to take money out of Markovic's prison account to satisfy the unpaid restitution after…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Kalal v. Circuit Court for Dane CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
  2. State v. GallionWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
  3. State v. BorrellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1992
  4. State v. FlynnCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1994
  5. Huggett v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978

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