ADKINS v. STANSEL

No. S-13114.

204 P.3d 1031 (2009)

Chet ADKINS, Appellant, v. Karl STANSEL, Individually and as Assistant Warden of Florence Correctional Center, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chet Adkins, Appellant, pro se.

Craig S. Howard, Richmond & Quinn, Anchorage, for Appellee.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, and WINFREE, Justices.


OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

An Alaska prisoner in a private Arizona prison facility sued a prison official for allegedly violating his constitutional rights by denying visitation with a relative who had traveled from Alaska. The superior court dismissed the suit for failure to state a cause of action upon which relief might be granted, stating that "an isolated incident which prevented visitation due to an acknowledged oversight...

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