STATE EX REL. COLLINS v. COOKE

No. 99-1212.

235 Wis.2d 63 (2000)

2000 WI App 101

611 N.W.2d 774

STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. Leonard COLLINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Marianne A. COOKE, Respondent-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Leonard Collins, pro se.

On behalf of the respondent-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Stan Davis, assistant attorney general, and James E. Doyle, attorney general.

Before Brown, P.J., Anderson and Snyder, JJ.


¶ 1. SYNDER, J.

Leonard Collins appeals from an order dismissing his certiorari petition because he failed to commence his action within forty-five days of the date of the government decision as required by WIS. STAT. § 893.735(2) (1997-98).1 Collins contends that the circuit court wrongly interpreted § 893.735 because it only applies to certiorari actions made "on behalf of a prisoner," not by the prisoner himself or herself...

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