COURT OF APPEALS DECISION DATED AND RELEASED December 19, 1996 |
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No. 95-3488
STATE
OF WISCONSIN IN COURT OF
APPEALS
DISTRICT IV
STATE OF WISCONSIN EX
REL.
CHARLES L. TYLER,
Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
GARY McCAUGHTRY,
Respondent-Respondent.
APPEAL from an order of
the circuit court for Dodge County:
JOSEPH E. SCHULTZ, Judge. Affirmed.
Before Eich, C.J.,
Dykman, P.J., and Vergeront, J.
PER
CURIAM. Charles L. Tyler appeals from an order affirming a
prison disciplinary decision. We affirm.
On appeal, Tyler
challenges only the finding that he violated Wis.
Adm. Code § DOC 303.59(3), which provides in relevant part: "The refusal of an inmate to ...
provide a body fluids specimen ... in accordance with s. DOC 306.16 is an
offense." The conduct report
alleged that after Tyler was requested to provide a urine sample, he emptied an
unknown yellow fluid into the vial, without providing a sample of his own.
Tyler argues that he
cannot be found guilty of violating Wis.
Adm. Code § DOC 303.59 because that section is entitled "Use
of intoxicants," and no evidence exists to establish that he used
intoxicants. We reject the
argument. It is undisputed that Tyler
violated subsec. (3) of that section.
It is irrelevant whether that provision is fully described in the title
of the section.
Tyler also argues that
he was deprived of due process by not being given adequate notice that he was
being charged with failure to provide a fluid specimen. We reject the argument. The conduct report, read together with the
full text of Wis. Adm. Code
§ DOC 303.59, provided adequate notice.
Tyler also claims that
his due process rights were violated when the respondent asked the circuit
court to remand to the committee and the committee added "(3)" to the
charge. By doing so, Tyler argues, the
committee changed the charge. We reject
the argument. Adding the subsection did
not change the violation alleged, but only made the citation more specific.
By the Court.—Order
affirmed.
This opinion will not be
published. See Rule 809.23(1)(b)5, Stats.