Leamon v. South Carolina Department of Corrections

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.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
Jamie Leamon, Appellant,
v.
South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.
Appellate Case No. 2015-001674
Appeal From The Administrative Law Court
S. Phillip Lenski, Administrative Law Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-455
Submitted September 1, 2016 – Filed November 9, 2016
AFFIRMED
Jamie Leamon, pro se.
Stephen Hollis Lunsford, of the South Carolina
Department of Corrections, of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: Al-Shabazz v. State, 338 S.C. 354, 369, 527 S.E.2d 742, 750 (2000)
("[A]n inmate may seek review of [SCDC's] final decision in an administrative
matter under the [South Carolina Administrative Procedures Act]."); Slezak v. S.C.
Dep't of Corr., 361 S.C. 327, 331, 605 S.E.2d 506, 507 (2004) (noting the
Administrative Law Court (ALC) "has subject matter jurisdiction to hear appeals
from the final decision of [SCDC] in a non-collateral or administrative matter"); id.("Subject matter jurisdiction refers to the [ALC's] 'power to hear and determine
cases of the general class to which the proceedings in question belong.'" (quoting
Dove v. Gold Kist, Inc., 314 S.C. 235, 237-38, 442 S.E.2d 598, 600 (1994))); id.("Further, the [ALC] has appellate jurisdiction over any matter where the
procedural prerequisites for perfecting such an appeal have been met."); id. at 331,
605 S.E.2d at 508 ("While the [ALC] has jurisdiction over all inmate grievance
appeals that have been properly filed, we emphasize that the [ALC] is not required
to hold a hearing in every matter. Summary dismissal may be appropriate where
the inmate's grievance does not implicate a state-created liberty or property
interest.").
AFFIRMED.1
LOCKEMY, C.J., and SHORT and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.