Title: Melvin Ross Bush v. Alabama Department of Corrections
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 1051342
State: Alabama
Issuer: Alabama Supreme Court
Date: November 2, 2007

REL: 11/02/07
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SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA
 OCTOBER TERM, 2007-2008
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1051342
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Melvin Ross Bush
v.
Alabama Department of Corrections
Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court
(CV-06-33)
SEE, Justice.
Melvin Ross Bush's appeal was originally filed with the
Court of Civil Appeals.  That court transferred the appeal to
this Court on the basis that it lacked subject-matter
jurisdiction over Bush's appeal.  In an opinion released on
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September 28, 2007, Collins v. Alabama Department of
Corrections, [Ms. 1061637, September 28, 2007] ___ So. 2d ___
(Ala. 2007), this Court overruled Block v. Alabama Department
of Corrections, 923 So. 2d 342 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005); Beck v.
Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles, 907 So. 2d 1096 (Ala.
Crim. App. 2005); Jacobs v. Alabama Department of Corrections,
900 So. 2d 485 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004); Collins v. Alabama
Department of Corrections, 911 So. 2d 739, 743 (Ala. Crim.
App. 2004); 
McConico 
v. 
Alabama 
Department of Corrections, 
893
So. 2d 577 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004); and Boykins v. State, 862
So. 2d 594 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003), to the extent that these
cases hold that the Court of Criminal Appeals "'would have
jurisdiction to review certiorari petitions challenging
[Alabama Department of Correction] actions involving an
inmate's conduct [while incarcerated], while the Court of
Civil Appeals would have jurisdiction to review petitions
challenging decisions based on factors other than the inmate's
conduct [while incarcerated].'"  Collins, ___ So. 2d at ___
(quoting McConico, 893 So. 2d at 581 n.5).  We also held in
Collins that the Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction to
review all certiorari petitions challenging actions by the
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Department of Corrections, "regardless of when the relevant
conduct of the inmate occurred." ___ So. 2d at ___.  Based on
our decision in Collins, we transfer Bush's appeal to the
Court of Criminal Appeals.
APPEAL TRANSFERRED.
Woodall, Smith, Bolin, and Parker, JJ., concur.
Cobb, C.J., and Murdock, J., recuse themselves.