Dumas v. State

MONTIEL, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner, John Dumas, an inmate at the St. Clair County Correctional Facility, challenged the actions of the Department of Corrections in a disciplinary hearing in which he was charged with fighting with a weapon. The petitioner was found guilty of the charge and received as punishment 21 days’ disciplinary segregation, 30 days’ loss of store, telephone, visitation, and leave privileges, and a referral to classification review. The appellant then filed the petition for writ of habeas corpus with…