Miller v. Iowa District Court Ex Rel. Jones County

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs Byron Miller and Russell Ma-han, inmates at the North Central Correctional Facility in Rockwell City, Iowa, were found guilty by a prison disciplinary committee of violating certain prison rules stemming from their escape from that facility. After exhausting their administrative remedies, Miller and Mahan filed applications for postconviction relief in district court, asserting that prison officials failed to comply with Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) Policy IN-V-36(V)(D). That policy requires that, when the matter has also been referred to a…