ELLIS v. DeLAND

No. 890493.

786 P.2d 231 (1990)

Philemon B. ELLIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Gary L. DeLAND, Director, Utah Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philemon B. Ellis, pro se.

R. Paul Van Dam, Lyle Odendahl, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellees.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff Philemon B. Ellis appeals from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus by the Third Judicial District Court brought by him to challenge the refusal of the state of Arizona to return him to prison facilities there. We are constrained to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

Ellis was confined in the Arizona State Prison, where he was serving a ten-year sentence, when his mother became gravely ill in Utah. He requested a "compassionate...

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