RICHARDS v. CULLEN

No. 88-2419.

150 Wis.2d 935 (1989)

442 N.W.2d 574

Harlan RICHARDS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Tim CULLEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general, and Frank D. Remington, assistant attorney general.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Harlan Richards, pro se, of Waupun.

Before Dykman, Eich and Sundby, JJ.


EICH, J.

Tim Cullen, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, appeals from an order declaring one of the department's administrative rules unconstitutional. With some exceptions not relevant here, the rule allows prison officials to withhold fifteen percent of all money earned or acquired by inmates, up to a maximum of $500, and to deposit all such funds into a "Mandatory Release Account" for...

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