Grammer v. Kan. Dep't of Corr.

Franklin Grammer Jr. appeals the district court's dismissal of his K.S.A. 60-1501(b) petition as untimely. Because he failed to file that petition within the time specified in the relevant statute, we affirm.

Factual and procedural background

While Grammer was an inmate at Ellsworth Correctional Facility, a corrections officer confiscated a fan in his possession because it had been altered by removing every other slat. Grammer claimed that the alterations had been done years earlier, were solely for the purpose of improving the airflow, and did not pose a safety risk.

After the officers…