Mellinger v. Idaho Department of Corrections

SWANSTROM, Judge.

Alfie Mellinger, an inmate at the Idaho State Correctional Institution (ISCI), appeals a decision of the district court which affirmed a magistrate’s order denying relief on Mellinger’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In the petition, Mellinger raised issues relating to work release and parole. We affirm for the reasons explained below.

Effective February 1985, the work release program at the ISCI was discontinued. The program was transferred to and administered by the Community Work/Restitution Center (CWC). Inmates at the ISCI would no longer be approved for work…