Evers v. Sullivan

¶ 1. Officials of the Department of Corrections appeal a judgment declaring that the department lacks legal authority to transfer the petitioning inmates "to facilities outside of the state of Wisconsin without their consent." The department claims that the trial court erred in concluding that it lacked statutory authority to transfer the inmates to out-of-state facilities. We agree and thus reverse the appealed judgment. The department also claims the trial court erred in not declaring the instant action moot with respect to inmate Evers, and in ordering certain documents to be returned to…