Lucas v. Taylor

In April 2002, plaintiff, Losardo Lucas, a prisoner in the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC), filed a pro se petition for mandamus against defendants, Anne R. Taylor and the Prisoner Review Board (PRB), alleging (1) he did not receive procedural due process before the PRB and (2) his good-conduct credits were revoked before they were “earned.” In July 2002, defendants filed a motion to dismiss, which the trial court granted.

On appeal, plaintiff argues the trial court erred in dismissing his petition. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff was sentenced to 42 years in prison in 1985 for…