JONES v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Docket No. 120991, Calendar No. 12.

664 N.W.2d 717 (2003)

468 Mich. 646

James JONES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michigan Clinical Law Program, University of Michigan Law School (by Bridget M. McCormack), Ann Arbor, MI, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Jason Julian, Assistant Attorney General, Lansing, MI, for the defendant-appellant.


Opinion

YOUNG, J.

We granted leave to appeal in this case to consider whether plaintiff parolee was properly discharged from prison where defendant, the Department of Corrections, failed to conduct a timely fact-finding hearing under M.C.L. § 791.240a on plaintiff's parole violation charges.1 Because we conclude that nothing in the plain language of M.C.L. § 791.240a permits...

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