Legal Opinion

Houston v. Fletcher

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 19, 2006No. 2005-CA-000015-MRPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COMBS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order entered by the Bell Circuit Court granting the motion of several parties, 1 including Douglas Fletcher, Warden of the Bell County Forestry Camp (BCFC), to dismiss William Houston’s petition for declaration of rights. Houston, who is currently an inmate at the Lee Adjustment Center, had filed a petition claiming that disciplinary action violating his constitutional rights had been taken against him.

Houston was found guilty of four institutional offenses while he was incarcerated at the BCFC: (1) physical action against another inmate…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Baxter v. PalmigianoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Smith v. O'DEACourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1997

3Cited by10 opinions

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  3. James E. Stover v. Brad Adams, WardenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2022
  4. James Lang v. Andrew Graham Beshear, GovernorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2023
  5. Jason Bailey v. Cookie CrewsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2023

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