Smith v. State Department of Corrections

BUTTLER, S. J.

In these three cases, petitioners seek judicial review of three sets of administrative rules that had been adopted by the Department of Corrections. Smith is one of the petitioners in each of the cases and is the one who prepared the petitions. The records in the cases were filed on May 29, 1988; accordingly, petitioners’ briefs became due 49 days later, on July 7, 1988.

On June 1, 1988, at 11 p.m., Smith was removed from his cell at OSP and transported to a Nevada correctional facility with the clothes that he had with him and without any of his personal effects or his legal…