Opinion ID: 2570891
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 13

Heading: did the district court err in summarily dismissing row's claim for habeas corpus relief?

Text: In her petition, Row also included a claim that the length and conditions of her solitary confinement, while awaiting the outcome of her legal proceedings challenging her conviction and death sentence, constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Allegations challenging the conditions of confinement must be brought by a petition for habeas corpus under the Idaho Habeas Corpus and Institutional Litigation Procedures Act, Idaho Code §§ 19-4201 et seq., and not by a petition for post-conviction relief under Idaho Code § 19-2719. A petition for habeas corpus must be filed in the district court of the county in which the person is detained. I.C. § 19-4202. Row filed the petition in this case in Ada County. Because Row was at the time being detained at the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center, the proper place to file a petition for habeas corpus was Bannock County. The lower court did not err in dismissing this claim without prejudice. If Row desires to challenge the conditions of her confinement, she can file a petition for habeas corpus in the proper county.