Mudloff v. Missouri Department of Corrections

ELLIS, Judge.

Steven Mudloff appeals from summary judgment entered in favor of the Missouri Department of Corrections in a declaratory judgment action filed by Mudloff. In his declaratory judgment action, Mudloff asked the Circuit Court for a declaration that the 65 days he spent in the Newton County Jail while awaiting trial should be credited against his sentence.

Our review of a summary judgment entered by the trial court is essentially de novo. Rice v. Huff, 22 S.W.3d 774, 779 (Mo.App. W.D.2000). “Summary judgment will be upheld on appeal if there is no genuine dispute of material fact, and…