Opinion ID: 888074
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Heading: Factual and Procedural History Specific to Brown

Text: ¶ 12 In 1976, Brown was sentenced to MSP for 194 years. Brown made an appearance before the Montana Board of Pardons and Parole where his request for parole was denied due to his numerous disciplinary violations, which had led to his high security classification and had disqualified him from sex offender treatment that was required for parole. In order to be eligible for sex offender treatment, an inmate must be given a low security classification. Brown was briefly classified as low security in June of 2003, but was returned to a high security classification two months later. Brown was subsequently transferred to Crossroads. Crossroads does not offer sex offender treatment. The DOC has a system-wide waiting list for sex offender treatment. When an inmate in a regional facility becomes eligible for sex offender treatment, he is transferred back to MSP. The transfer back to MSP for sex offender treatment only takes place if the prisoner has a low security classification. ¶ 13 On March 5, 2004, Brown filed a petition for injunctive relief with the District Court, asking the District Court to order DOC to transfer him back to MSP, and further, to require that he be placed in a low security classification so that he can obtain sex offender treatment. The District Court granted summary judgment to the DOC on all of Brown's claims, from which Brown appeals.