Opinion
2015-UP-482
10-14-2015
Stephen A. Beckham, Appellant, v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2014-002068
E. Charles Grose, Jr., of Grose Law Firm, of Greenwood, for Appellant. Daniel John Crooks, III, of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, of Columbia, for Respondent.
Unpublished Opinion
Submitted August 1, 2015
Appeal From The Administrative Law Court Shirley C. Robinson, Administrative Law Judge
E. Charles Grose, Jr., of Grose Law Firm, of Greenwood, for Appellant.
Daniel John Crooks, III, of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM.
Stephen Beckham appeals the Administrative Law Court's (ALC) dismissal of his inmate grievance appeal on jurisdictional grounds because it found the appeal did not implicate a state-created liberty or property interest. We reverse and remand for consideration of the merits of Beckham's appeal. See S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-610(B) (Supp. 2014) (providing this court may remand to the ALC for further proceedings and may reverse the ALC's decision "if the substantive rights of the petitioner have been prejudiced because the finding, conclusion, or decision is . . . affected by other error of law"); Slezak v. S.C. Dep't of Corr., 361 S.C. 327, 331, 605 S.E.2d 506, 507 (2004) ("[T]he [ALC] has subject matter jurisdiction to hear appeals from the final decision of the [Department of Corrections] in a non-collateral or administrative matter."); id. ("[T]he [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 [court] is not required to hold a hearing in every matter."); id. ("Summary dismissal may be appropriate where the inmate's grievance does not implicate a state-created liberty or property interest.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
FEW, C.J., and KONDUROS and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.