The People of the State of Colorado v. Shams Abdul-Rahman.

Summary

The court held that a parolee must exhaust the administrative appeal process before seeking judicial review of an initial parole-revocation decision through postconviction proceedings. It interpreted the governing statutes as unambiguously requiring an appeal to the Board's appellate body before court review and concluded that exhaustion is jurisdictional. Because the respondent bypassed that process, the court vacated the court of appeals' judgment and remanded for dismissal. The opinion text also includes a dissent arguing that the exhaustion issue was waived and should not have been reached.