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ROSS v. DEPT. OF CORRECTION

No. 535, 1996.

697 A.2d 377 (1997)

Frank ROSS and Robert Gattis, Inmates of the Delaware Correctional Center, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Stanley Taylor, Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the State of Delaware, Paul Howard, Chief of Adult Correction of the Department of Correction of the State of Delaware, and Robert E. Snyder, Warden of the Delaware Correctional Center of the Department of Correction of the State of Delaware, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Ross and Robert Gattis, pro se.

Joseph Scott Shannon, Deputy Attorney General, Wilmington, for Appellees.

Before VEASEY, C.J., HARTNETT and BERGER, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by two inmates at the Delaware Correctional Center ("DCC") who seek personal copies of the Department of Correction's disciplinary rules and access to the Department's regulations governing the operation of DCC and the conduct of its correction officers. We hold that the inmates have a clear statutory right to receive copies of the disciplinary rules and that the Superior Court erred in dismissing that claim. The inmates' claim with respect...

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