Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2017-001061 Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-376
10-10-2018
Dion Taylor, Appellant, v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.
Dion Taylor, of North Charleston, pro se. Kensey Collins, of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, of Columbia, for Respondent.
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. Appeal From The Administrative Law Court
S. Phillip Lenski, Administrative Law Judge
APPEAL DISMISSED
Dion Taylor, of North Charleston, pro se. Kensey Collins, of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM : Dion Taylor appeals the administrative law court's order affirming the Department of Corrections' calculation and application of his credit for time served. After filing the appeal, Taylor submitted a letter to the court indicating he had been released from prison. Because this court cannot provide effectual relief regarding Taylor's credit for time served, we dismiss the appeal as moot. See Sloan v. Friends of the Hunley, Inc., 369 S.C. 20, 25, 630 S.E.2d 474, 477 (2006) ("Generally, this [c]ourt only considers cases presenting a justiciable controversy."); id. at 26, 630 S.E.2d at 477 ("A moot case exists whe[n] a judgment rendered by the court will have no practical legal effect upon an existing controversy because an intervening event renders any grant of effectual relief impossible for the reviewing court."); Curtis v. State, 345 S.C. 557, 568, 549 S.E.2d 591, 596 (2001) ("[A]n appellate court can take jurisdiction, despite mootness, if the issue raised is capable of repetition but evading review."); Sloan, 369 S.C. at 27, 630 S.E.2d at 478 ("However, the action must be one [that] will truly evade review [for the mootness exception to apply]."). APPEAL DISMISSED. KONDUROS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ., concur.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR. --------