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STATE EX REL.STAPLES v. DH&SS

No. 84-2297.

130 Wis.2d 308 (1985)

387 N.W.2d 551

STATE EX REL. William STAPLES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, Disciplinary Committee, Donald Clusen, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of William Staples, pro se, of Waupun.

For the respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Sue E. Kanner and Lee, Johnson, Kilkelly & Nichol, S.C. of Madison.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Eich, JJ.

EICH, J.

William Staples, a Waupun State Prison inmate, appeals from an order affirming a decision of the prison's disciplinary committee. The committee found Staples guilty of illegally transferring property and of disobeying an order. While several issues are raised on the appeal, one is dispositive. Because the prison authorities reclassified Staples' violation from a "minor" to a "major" offense without any statement of reasons for doing so, we consider the outcome...

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