Coleman v. State

The petition for habeas corpus filed by Coleman in this case alleged that his rights had been violated by the following administrative action taken at the Idaho State Correctional Institution: (1) that the state had failed to provide him with the rules and regulations of the correctional institution; (2) that he had been found guilty of a disciplinary offense, i.e., possessing an 8-inch knife in his cell when he was not responsible for its being there; and (3) that he was denied meaningful access to the courts in order to contest the disciplinary action and sanctions imposed upon him for the…