Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 2004

Moore v. Alabama Department of Corrections

Moore v. Alabama Department of Corrections
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided January 6, 2004 · Baschab, McMillan, Wise, Cobb, Shaw
884 So. 2d 931; 2004 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 5; 2004 WL 26732 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Moore v. Alabama Department of Corrections

Opinion of the Court

BASCHAB, Judge.

AFFIRMED BY UNPUBLISHED MEMORANDUM.

McMILLAN, P.J., and WISE, J., concur; COBB, J., concurs in the result, with opinion; SHAW, J., concurs in the result.

Concurring Opinion

COBB, Judge,

concurring in the result.

I agree that the judgment in this case is due to be affirmed because the hearing officer’s decision, to order Sammy Earl Moore’s case to be reviewed to determine whether a more restricted custody status should be imposed did not deprive Moore of a liberty interest and, therefore, did not trigger the due process protections of Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974). I do not agree with the language in the majority’s memorandum that speculates that Moore’s removal from the Childersburg Community Work Center “could have been a temporary removal pending the outcome of a reclassification hearing.” Unlike the case of Thomas v. State, 867 So.2d 367 (Ala.Crim.App. 2003), cited by the majority, in which the record reflected that the appellant’s removal was temporary, pending the outcome of a reclassification hearing, the record in this case is not so clear. I do not think that it is within the province of this Court to speculate about the reasons for a prisoner’s removal when the record before us is unclear.

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