BRANDON v. CORRECTIONS CORP. OF AMERICA

No. S-9228.

28 P.3d 269 (2001)

Richard BRANDON, Appellant, v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, dba Central Arizona Detention Center, Michael Samberg, Chief Operating Officer; and the State of Alaska, Department of Corrections, Margaret Pugh, Commissioner, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Brandon, pro se, Seward.

Timothy W. Terrell, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

Before FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

When Richard Brandon, a prisoner in the Alaska corrections system, commenced litigation against the State of Alaska in a civil action, he also filed a Prisoner Request for Filing Fee Exemption under AS 09.19.010 and a motion to waive the filing fee based on a constitutional challenge to the statute. The first superior court judge assigned to the case ordered Brandon to pay reduced filing...

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