Risdal v. Iowa.

• Position: Prison discipline, habeas corpus case - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

COURT COSTS

Risdal v. Iowa, 243 F.Supp.2d 970 (S.D.Iowa 2003). A prisoner brought a pro se habeas corpus proceeding challenging the imposition of prison discipline. The defendants moved to dismiss the case based on a procedural default in state post-conviction proceedings. The district court denied the motion, finding that the state rule that requires litigants to have been unsuccessful in three or more suits to post a cost bond, infringed on a fundamental liberty right as applied to petitions filed by state prisoners. The court...