Eddins v. State

Gregory James Eddins is currently incarcerated at the Donaldson Correctional Facility (“the prison”) in Jefferson County, serving a 30-year sentence that began in 2004. In this case, he appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court dismissing his action requesting that the State of Alabama (“the State”) provide him with adequate medical treatment for diabetes while he is incarcerated.

Eddins originally filed the action in the Madison Circuit Court in January 2014, using a form titled “Petition for Relief from Conviction or Sentence,” purportedly pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P. In…