Richards v. Young

Harlan Richards, an inmate at the Waupun Correctional Institution, commenced this action under the declaratory judgment provisions of secs. 227.40 and 806.04, Stats., seeking a ruling on the validity of certain prison rules. The defendants, Warren Young, the prison superintendent, and Dave King, the director of the prison programs operated under the challenged rules, moved to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The trial court granted the motion and Richards appeals from the order of dismissal and from a subsequent order denying his motion for reconsideration. The sole issue is…