Blair v. State

HAYDEN, Judge.

On appeal James Blair, an inmate at the Anamosa reformatory, asserts the district court wrongfully denied him postconviction relief from a prison disciplinary determination he violated a prison rule. The discipline resulted from Blair’s refusal to obey three direct orders to work a second shift of overtime. The orders were made by a correctional officer. The applicant claims he had earlier agreed with another correctional officer to work one overtime shift which would terminate just prior to the Super Bowl game. Apparently, there was not clear cut policy regarding an inmate…