BACKSTROM v. DIST. COURT FOR JONES COUNTY

No. 91-1449.

508 N.W.2d 705 (1993)

Michael BACKSTROM, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JONES COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip B. Mears, Mears Law Office, Iowa City, for plaintiff.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., and William A. Hill, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Considered en banc.


McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Michael Backstrom, an inmate at the Iowa Men's Reformatory, was found guilty by a prison disciplinary committee of violating certain prison rules. After Backstrom exhausted his administrative remedies, he filed an application in the defendant district court seeking postconviction relief. His application was denied and we granted appellate review by writ of certiorari. We annul the writ.

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