State ex rel. J.A.W. v. Indiana Juvenile Parole Committee

STATON, Judge.

J.A.W. (relator), a minor currently housed at the Indiana Boys School, appeals the denial of his petition for mandate seeking to compel the Indiana Juvenile Parole Committee (Committee) to perform its statutory duties and grant his parole request. Specifically, relator alleges that the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) improperly insinuated himself into the parole proceeding, preventing the Committee from relying solely on the criteria specified by statute.

We conclude that relator was not entitled to mandate. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed.

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