Yates v. Fletcher

OPINION

SCHRODER, Judge.

Gardner Yates (Yates) appeals the dismissal of his declaratory judgment action which requested a review of a prison disciplinary action. The Department of Corrections (the real party in interest) did not file a brief, relying instead on the administrative record below and the motion to dismiss filed in the circuit court. Having reviewed the entire record before the Adjustment Committee, we affirm.

Yates was an inmate at the Bell County Forestry Camp on November 21, 2001. Yates was subject to two shakedowns which resulted in two disciplinary reports against him. In the…