Opinion
2012-UP-064
02-08-2012
Tekoa Glover, Appellant, v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.
Tekoa Glover, pro se. Christopher D. Florian, of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted January 3, 2012.
Appeal from the Administrative Law Court Ralph K. Anderson, III, Administrative Law Court Judge.
Tekoa Glover, pro se.
Christopher D. Florian, of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
Tekoa Glover appeals the dismissal of his inmate disciplinary action by the Administrative Law Court (ALC), arguing the ALC's dismissal was premature and thus unlawful. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-610(B) (Supp. 2010) (limiting reversal of the ALC's decision unless "in violation of constitutional or statutory provisions;... affected by other error of law;... [or] arbitrary or capricious or characterized by abuse of discretion or clearly unwarranted exercise of discretion"); Slezak v. S.C. Dep't of Corr., 361 S.C. 327, 331, 605 S.E.2d 506, 508 (2005) (holding the ALC has the discretion to summarily dismiss inmate grievance appeals that do "not implicate a state-created liberty or property interest"); Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 484 (1995) ("[State-created liberty] interests will be generally limited to freedom from restraint which... imposes atypical and significant hardship on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
To the extent Glover argues he was denied the opportunity to earn good time credit, we find the ALC's dismissal was proper. See S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-600(D) ("[The ALC] shall not hear an appeal from an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections involving the loss of the opportunity to earn sentence-related credits." (emphasis added)).
AFFIRMED.
HUFF, PIEPER, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.