Opinion
2014-UP-079
02-26-2014
Richard Ridley, Respondent, v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2012-213507
Shanika Kenyetta Johnson, of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, of Columbia, for Appellant. Richard Ridley, pro se.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted January 1, 2014.
Appeal From The Administrative Law Court Carolyn C. Matthews, Administrative Law Judge.
Shanika Kenyetta Johnson, of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Richard Ridley, pro se.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Sanders v. S.C. Dep't of Corr., 379 S.C. 411, 417, 665 S.E.2d 231, 234 (Ct. App. 2008) ("In an appeal of the final decision of an administrative agency, the standard of appellate review is whether the [Administrative Law Court's (ALC)] findings are supported by substantial evidence."); id ("Although this court shall not substitute its judgment for that of the AL[C] as to findings of fact, we may reverse or modify decisions which are controlled by error of law or are clearly erroneous in view of the substantial evidence on the record as a whole."); id. ("In determining whether the AL[C]'s decision was supported by substantial evidence, this court need only find, considering the record as a whole, evidence from which reasonable minds could reach the same conclusion that the AL[C] reached."); S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-610(B) (Supp. 2012) ("The review of the [ALC's] order must be confined to the record.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
HUFF, GEATHERS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.