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DYKSTRA v. DIST. COURT FOR JONES COUNTY

No. 07-1117.

783 N.W.2d 473 (2010)

John DYKSTRA, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JONES COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 11, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip B. Mears, Mears Law Office, Iowa City, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Forrest Guddall, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.

STREIT, Justice.

John Dykstra filed a postconviction action challenging the Iowa Department of Corrections' (IDOC) revocation of his ability to accrue earned time because he refused to participate in a sex offender treatment program (SOTP). IDOC's inmate classification requiring an inmate to participate in SOTP or lose the ability to accrue earned time implicates a liberty interest, and, therefore, the inmate must receive adequate procedural protections. Dykstra did...

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