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OKERA v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, 2012-MO-042. (2012)

Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina Number: inscco20121024755
Filed: Oct. 24, 2012
Latest Update: Oct. 24, 2012
Summary: THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR. PER CURIAM. This is a direct appeal from an order of the Administrative Law Court dismissing the appeal from the Department of Corrections' denial of Appellant's inmate grievance based on his failure to comply with the relevant statute of limitations set forth in the Department's internal policy. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and
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THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

PER CURIAM.

This is a direct appeal from an order of the Administrative Law Court dismissing the appeal from the Department of Corrections' denial of Appellant's inmate grievance based on his failure to comply with the relevant statute of limitations set forth in the Department's internal policy. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: Al-Shabazz v. State, 338 S.C. 354, 527 S.E.2d 742 (1999) (approving Department of Corrections' internal procedures for discipline and grievances, which specify a fifteen-day time limit for filing for grievances).

TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur.

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