Murphy v. Nelson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Larson, J.:

Michael Nelson,-Wardén, El Dorado Correctional Facility (respondent or Warden), appeals the trial court’s rulings in this habeas corpus (K.S.A. 60-1501) proceeding that prison inmate Rodney Murphy must be immediately returned to the general prison population because he was being held in administrative segregation without legal, authority and in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

This case focuses on prisoners’ rights in view of the recent decision of the United States Supreme…