MARSHAL ADCOCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DONALD N. SNYDER, JR., JAMES M. SCHOMIG, PATTY REIDER, ALBERT ESQUIVEL, BENNY DALLAS, and RICHARD ROBINSON. Defendants-Appellees. | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | Appeal from Circuit Court of Livingston County No. 03MR22 Honorable |
JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:
In July 2002, plaintiff, Marshal Adcock, an inmate atPontiac Correctional Center, pro se filed a petition for writ ofhabeas corpus, alleging that defendants, Donald N. Snyder, Jr.,Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC), andJames M. Schomig, the former warden of Pontiac, violated his dueprocess rights in numerous disciplinary proceedings in 2000 and2001. In September 2002, Adcock pro se filed an amended petition, adding as defendants Patty Reider, Albert Esquivel, BennyDallas, and Richard Robinson, all members of the adjustmentcommittee at Pontiac. In February 2003, the trial court dismissed Adcock's petition, upon finding that it did not state ahabeas corpus cause of action. Adcock appeals, and we reverse.
The record shows that in January 2000, Adcock beganserving a five-year prison sentence for burglary. The recordincludes a DOC form showing a projected release date of May 9,2002, factoring in time served prior to custody and good-conductcredits.
In his September 2002 amended habeas corpus petition,Adcock alleged that the procedures under which his good-timecredit was revoked violated both DOC rules and minimum dueprocess requirements under the United States and Illinois Constitutions. Specifically, he (1) identified 11 disciplinary proceedings that resulted in the revocation of good-time credittotaling approximately three years and six months; (2) allegedthat defendants had violated DOC rules by (a) failing to providehim with an adequate written record, including a basis fordisregarding exonerating evidence presented by him (see 20 Ill.Adm. Code