IN RE MATTESON

Nos. 68310-7, 68486-3, 68492-8.

12 P.3d 585 (2000)

142 Wash.2d 298

In Matter of the Personal Restraint of Michael MATTESON, Russell Taylor, and Jason Hull, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided November 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell D. Taylor, Jason Edward Hull, Airway Heights, Michael Matteson, Monroe, Pro se.

Suzanne Elliott, Seattle, for Petitioners.

Christine Gregoire, Atty. Gen., John Scott Blonien, Kasey Kneip, Martin E. Wyckoff, Asst. Attys. Gen., Olympia, for Respondent.

Kevin Christian Osborn, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union.


BRIDGE, J.

In 1999, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) transferred 254 inmates to the private Crowley County Correctional Facility (Crowley) in Olney Springs, Colorado. Many of those inmates have filed, pro se, personal restraint petitions with this court contesting the legality of their transfer. Review has been granted, and counsel appointed, for three representative petitions from Jason Hull, Michael Matteson, and Russell Taylor. Together petitioners...

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