Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2009-135046
10-24-2012
Ja Ja D. B. Okera, Appellant, v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.
Ja Ja D.B. Okera, of Ridgeland, pro se, Appellant. Lake E. Summers and Katherine A. Phillips, both of Malone Thompson Summers & Ott, of Columbia, for the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
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CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
Appeal from the Administrative Law Court
Carolyn Matthews, Administrative Law Judge
Memorandum Opinion No. 2012-MO-042
AFFIRMED
Ja Ja D.B. Okera, of Ridgeland, pro se, Appellant.
Lake E. Summers and Katherine A. Phillips, both of Malone Thompson Summers & Ott, of Columbia, for the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
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).