State v. Tarver

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} The question for decision in this ease is whether New Mexico courts have the authority under the Western Interstate Corrections Compact and accompanying statutes, NMSA 1978, §§ 31-5-4 to -9 (1959, as amended through 1985) (the Compact), to order the transfer of a prisoner from New Mexico to a neighboring state when that prisoner has not alleged any constitutional violations and instead seeks transfer due to a desire to be near his parents and an unproven fear of other prisoners. We hold that the district court correctly ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to…