PEOPLE EX REL. BRAVER v. WASHINGTON

No. 1-97-4693.

724 N.E.2d 68 (1999)

311 Ill. App.3d 179

243 Ill.Dec. 759

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois ex rel. Noah BRAVER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Odie WASHINGTON, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

December 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, Chicago (Jane E. Hughes, of counsel), for Appellant.

Rittenberg & Buffen, Ltd., Chicago (David L. Buffen and D. Seth Holliday, of counsel); Kaplan & Sorosky, Ltd., Chicago (Sheldon Sorosky, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Odie Washington (Washington), Director, Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), appeals from the circuit court's orders granting plaintiff Noah Braver's petition for "writ" of mandamus,1 seeking an award of meritorious good time credits by Washington sufficient to result in Braver's immediate release from prison, and denying Washington's motion to vacate the granting order...

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