KELSEY v. SOUTH CAROLINA DPPPS

Appellate Case No. 2020-001473. Opinion No. 6020.

441 S.C. 373 (2023)

893 S.E.2d 588

Joseph G. KELSEY, #217218, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE, AND PARDON SERVICES, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed August 30, 2023.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Malloy , of Malloy Law Firm, of Hartsville; Jonathan Edward Ozmint , of The Ozmint Firm, LLC, of Greenville; and Hannah Lyon Freedman , of Justice 360, John H. Blume, III , of Law Office of John Blume, and Whitney Boykin Harrison , of McGowan Hood Felder & Phillips, of Columbia, all for Appellant.

Matthew C. Buchanan , of South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Allison Elder, of Root & Rebound, of Greenville, for Amici Curiae Former Correctional Agency Heads, Correctional Administrators, and Prison Wardens.


Joseph G. Kelsey appeals the order of the Administrative Law Court (ALC), which affirmed the denial of parole by the Parole Board of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services (the Board), arguing, inter alia, the Board is required to give putative parolees access to their files. We reverse and remand...

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