Patrick v. Secretary, Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services

BARBERA, Judge.

This appeal stems from the transfer of appellant, Joseph Patrick, from the Maryland House of Correction Annex (“MHC-X”), a maximum security prison, to the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center (“MCAC”), a supermaximum security prison. The Commissioner of the Division of Correction (“DOC”) immediately ordered appellant’s emergency transfer to MCAC when he was charged with attempted escape. At a subsequent disciplinary hearing, appellant was adjudicated not guilty of attempted escape.

When appellant was not transferred back to MHC-X after this adjudication, he initiated…