Gardner v. Hobbs

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of the prisoner's declaratory-judgment and mandamus action challenging the requirement that he serve seventy percent of his sentence before parole or transfer eligibility. It held that the governing statute controlled over provisions concerning good-time credit and transfer eligibility, survived rational-basis review, and did not implicate a constitutionally protected liberty interest in meritorious good-time credit. The motion to submit additional documents was moot because the appeal could not succeed.