Doty v. Doyle

DECISION AND ORDER

ADELMAN, District Judge.

Petitioner Anthony J. Doty is a Wisconsin state prisoner serving a life sentence. In 1998, Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) officials transferred him to a private out-of-state prison, the Whiteville Correctional Facility in Tennessee, which is owned and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). Doty requested habeas relief on the ground that the State of Wisconsin lost its authority to keep him incarcerated once it shipped him beyond its boundaries. I denied the petition, and Doty has appealed. Doty’s day-to-day prison trust…