State ex rel. Division of Adult Institutions, Department of Corrections & Human Resources v. Brackman

CARL R. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition to prohibit the respondent, Honorable John C. Brackman, from proceeding further in an action brought by an inmate of the Pacific, Missouri Correctional Center to restrain his reclassification and administrative transfer to another correctional institution. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 4, Mo. Const. We have heretofore issued our permanent writ and this opinion supports and supplements that order.

The issues presented in this original proceeding are whether the officials of the Department of Corrections may…