Furtick v. South Carolina Department of Corrections

This is á direct appeal from the circuit court’s order affirming the Administrative Law Court’s (ALC) summary dismissal of appellant James Furtick’s prison grievance matter. After we issued our original opinion in which we reversed, Furtick v. S.C. Dep’t of Corrections, Op. No. 26270 (S.C. Sup.Ct. filed February 20, 2007) (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 6 at 89), respondent filed a petition for rehearing. We now withdraw our original opinion and issue this opinion. We deny respondent’s petition for rehearing and reverse the circuit court’s decision.

FACTS

In 2001, when Furtick was an inmate at Lee…