WATKINSON v. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

Supreme Court No. S-17941.

540 P.3d 254 (2023)

Richard R. WATKINSON, Appellant, v. State of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Watkinson, pro se, Seward, Appellant.

Noah I. Star and Ryan A. Schmidt , Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Treg R. Taylor , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before: Winfree, Chief Justice, and Maassen, Carney, Borghesan, and Henderson, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

A self-represented prisoner sued the Department of Corrections (DOC) for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The prisoner alleged that DOC held him in administrative segregation (sometimes called solitary confinement) for 504 days and that corrections officers...

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