Jack Riner v. Robert Raines

Appellant Riner is an inmate of the Indiana Reformatory serving a life sentence for murder imposed by the Morgan Circuit Court. Appellee is the Superintendent of the Indiana Reformatory. Appellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Madison Circuit Court in the county in which the reformatory is located contending that prison authorities illegally imposed upon him a disciplinary sanction of six months in an administrative segregation unit for fighting. Appellee responded with a motion to dismiss pursuant to Ind. R.Tr.P. 12(B)(1) contending that the trial court was without jurisdiction to entertain the claim. The motion was overruled and the writ was issued. A hearing was held resulting in a general finding and judgment against appellant. This appeal is from such judgment.