STATE EX REL. RICHARDS v. LEIK

No. 91-2732.

175 Wis.2d 446 (1993)

499 N.W.2d 276

STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. Harlan RICHARDS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Russel LEIK, Classification Chief, Gary R. McCaughtry, Warden, Waupun Correctional Institution, Respondents-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

For the respondents-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, with Jennifer Sloan Lattis, assistant attorney general.

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


GARTZKE, P.J.

Appellant Harlan Richards, an inmate at Waupun Correctional Institution (WCI), brought an action for habeas corpus against respondents Russel Leik, the classification chief of the department of corrections, and Gary McCaughtry, the superintendent of WCI. Richards sought habeas to review his retention in maximum security at WCI and to order respondents both to reduce his security rating and to transfer him to Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution. The...

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