Elliott v. Department of Corrections

This is.an original proceeding in this Court wherein Sylvester Elliott, in propria persona, has filed a petition here for mandamus to compel the defendant Michigan department of ' correction's' to discharge him . from custody in the State branch *683prison at' Marquette. Because an important question of statutory construction is involved, we consider it as a petition for habeas corpus. An order has been entered directing said defendant to show cause why the writ should not issue. At the same time, we issued, sua sponte, an ancillary writ of certiorari directed to the circuit court for Antrim…