DAWSON v. HEARING COMMITTEE

No. 46188.

92 Wn.2d 391 (1979)

597 P.2d 1353

RICHARD DAWSON, Appellant, v. HEARING COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Stormer, Iro Richard Lassman, and John Midgley, for appellant.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Nate D. Mannakee, Assistant, for respondent.


HOROWITZ, J.

The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether disciplinary hearings in our state prisons are subject to judicial review under the administrative procedures act RCW 34.04 adopted in 1959. We hold such hearings lie outside the scope and intent of the APA, and are therefore not subject to its provisions.

Appellant Danny Brooks came before the Disciplinary Hearing Committee at the Washington State Penitentiary, where he is a resident inmate, on...

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