Stevens v. State

OPINION

GARRARD, Senior Judge.

While incarcerated Matthew Stevens applied to the Department of Corrections Director of Education for educational credit time on the basis that he had achieved a high school diploma. See Ind.Code § 35-50-6-3.3. The DOC denied the credit time. Stevens apparently responded to the denial by filing a grievance with the DOC. The DOC returned the grievance with the following explanation: “This grievance con cerns a Classification or Disciplinary action. These types of actions are to be appealed through their own appeal process and not through the grievance process.”…