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IN RE RHODES

Docket No. C025094.

61 Cal.App.4th 101 (1998)

In re WILLIAM RHODES on Habeas Corpus. In re BRYANT COLTON on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

January 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Peter Siggins, Assistant Attorney General, Joan W. Cavanagh and Lisa M. Menze, Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellant.

Catherine Campbell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Respondents.

OPINION

PUGLIA, P.J.

The People appeal from the order of the superior court granting the respective petitions for writ of habeas corpus of state prisoners William Rhodes and Bryant Colton (collectively petitioners). The superior court concluded the Director of the Department of Corrections (Director) had abused his discretion in failing to assign each petitioner to a prison "nearest the prisoner's home." (Pen. Code, § 5068.)...

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