# ORIGINAL

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA OP 22-0138

TYREE KILO SELAGE,

Petitioner,

v. JIM SALMONSEN, Warden, Montana State Prison,

Respondent. ORDER 

# FILED MAR 2 9 2022 Bowen Greenwood Clerk of Supreme Court State of Montana Tyree Kilo Selage seeks treatment in his recently filed Petition for Writ ofHabeas Corpus. He explains that he is serving prison sentences for several driving under the influence of alcohol or drug (DUI) convictions and that he sought relief through his requeststotheBoard ofPardons and Parole(Board). Selagehasfiled attachmentswith his Petition, including a DVD ofhis October 12, 2021 appearance before the Board and the Board's Case Disposition, dated October 22, 2021. This Court is familiar with some of Selage's criminal background. On October 3, 2016, the Third Judicial District Court, Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, issued its Judgment convicting Selage of all charged offenses. The court sentenced him to a five-year term with the Department of Corrections (DOC) on the felony DUI, to run consecutively to a prior sentence, and to a concurrent six-month sentence for the obstructingapeaceofficeroffense.Earlierthisyear,wegranted Selagehabeascorpusrelief in part to amend this sentence for the award of 212 days of credit for time served. Selage v. Green, No. OP 21-0588, Order (Mont. Jan. 18, 2022). Fromhisattachrnents, on December 14,2020,theThirteenthJudicialDistrictCourt, YellowstoneCounty, sentenced Selage toMontana State Prison (MSP) for felony DUI for
a five-year term. On February 3, 2021, the Yellowstone County District Court sentenced Selage to MSP for a five-year term for felony DUI, to run consecutively to his prior 03/29/2022

Case Number: OP 22-0138sentence. The court awarded him credit for time served in both cases. On June 7, 2021,

the Sentence Review Division (SRD) of the Montana Supreme Court reviewed both sentences and found his sentences to be clearly excessive. The SRD modified Selage's sentences from a MSP sentence to a DOC sentence. Selage now argues that the Board's denial of his parole was improper. He states that he wants to attend DUI Court because of his problern ofdrinking and driving under the influence. Recognizing the cyclical pattern of offense, sentence, and imprisonment, Selage seeks treatment to conform his behavior in the world outside of the prison. He requests that he be placed at a WATCh program.' Selage's relief is not with this Court. Upon review ofhis attachments, the Board granted Selage parole a second time on September 3, 2019.2 His Parole Officer filed a Report of Violation on March 30, 2020, because Selage was charged with felony DUI, alongwith havingothercomplianceviolations, committedtwo daysbeforetheReport. The Report noted that Selage's adjustment to supervision was poor: "[Selage] left his sober living home 5 days after his arrival. Since that time, he has continued to decline with alcohol use, druguse, and nowhas new charges sincebeingparoled 206 days ago." Selage hadbeen granted parole, and then heviolated hisparole again with two felonyDills. After his imprisonment in 2020, he sought to be placed at a DUI Court with the Board. The Board denied his request in an August 4, 2020 letter. He sought other reliefregarding the commencement of his sentences. In October 2021, Selage appeared remotely from the Dawson County Correctional Facility before the Board. The Board denied his request for cornmencement and scheduled Selage for a reappearance in October 2022. This Court cannot grant Selage his requested reliefthrough this remedy or at this stage ofincarceration. Wepoint out that he is underthe Board'sjurisdiction while he is in prison. McDermottv. McDonald, 2001MT 89,1n 18-19, 305 Mont. 166, 24 P.3d 200. He is too late to seek placement in a DUI treatment court. Treatrnent court placernent would
WATCh stands for Warm Springs Addiction,Treatment, and Change Program. Selage attended WATCh West in 2015.

2 Selagewas first granted parole in January 2018, and he violated inMarch 2018. 2have needed to be imposed prior to, or along with, the imposition of a prison sentence.

See, e.g, State v. Byrd, 2015 MT 20, ¶ 18, 378 Mont. 94, 342 P.3d 9 (This Court held that
a sentencing court may impose placement at a treatment program as part ofthe sentence, but it is not considered incarceration.) We further point out that when sentencing, the District Court had to balance Selage's need for treatment with the risk to others' safety on Montana's roads. Section 46-18-101(2), MCA. We commend Selage for recognizingthe importance and need for his treatment, but he will have to avail himselfofthe programs where he is housed. Selage has not demonstrated illegal incarceration. Section 46-22-101(1), MCA. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Selage'sPetition for Writ ofHabeas Corpus is DENIED and DISMISSED. The Clerk is directed to provide a copy ofthis Order to counsel of record and to Tyree Kilo Selage personally. DATED thise--c\

—Tay ofMarch, 2022.

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