Legal Opinion

Wilde v. Mississippi Department of Corrections

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided May 15, 2012No. 2011-CP-00145-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Arthur Wilde, an inmate in the- custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, appeals from the Sunflower County Circuit Court’s denial of a “show cause” petition he filed against the MDOC. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. Wilde was issued a rules violation report (RVR) by MDOC officials after testing positive for marijuana in a random drug test administered by the MDOC. Marijuana is, as one might expect, an unauthorized drug under the MDOC inmate rules. Wilde challenged the RVR charge through the MDOC’s Administrative Remedy Program (ARP)…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Griffis v. Mississippi Dept. of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2002
  2. Moore v. MISSISSIPPI DEPT. OF CORRECTIONSCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005
  3. Sanders v. MISSISSIPPI DEPT. OF CORRECTIONSCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005

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