NASH v. COXON

No. 87-375.

565 A.2d 1360 (1989)

Douglas NASH and Warren Thompson v. Michael COXON, Superintendent, Windsor Correctional Facility and Edson Pierce, Chief of Security, Windsor Correctional Facility.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Rose, St. Albans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., Montpelier, and Thomas J. Rushford, Asst. Atty. Gen., Waterbury, for defendants-appellees.

Before ALLEN, C.J., PECK and DOOLEY, JJ., and BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.) and KEYSER, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


DOOLEY, Justice.

Two inmates at the Windsor Correctional Facility appeal from an order of the Windsor Superior Court dismissing their pro se petition under V.R.C.P. 75. The petition sought court review of an administrative grievance filed by plaintiffs and sought to compel an independent investigation of the incident that was the subject of the grievance. We reverse and remand.

The incident in question involved an alleged scuffle between petitioner Thompson...

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