Maghee v. State

TERNUS, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents two issues: (1) may an inmate whose work release has been revoked by the department of corrections challenge the revocation in a postcon-viction-relief action, and (2) does the inmate’s death during the pendency of the appeal abate the cause of action or render the appeal moot. The district court dismissed the postconviction-relief action filed by the appellant, Valentino Maghee, ruling he should have challenged the department’s revocation of his work release by a petition for judicial review filed under Iowa Code chapter 17A (2003). Maghee appealed,…