Opinion ID: 1914638
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Heading: State ex rel. Glenn v. Litscher

Text: ¶ 7. Glenn was convicted of second-degree intentional homicide on October 17, 1995, and sentenced to seven years in prison. He was paroled from that sentence on December 15, 1997. ¶ 8. On February 14, 2000, Glenn was involved in an altercation and subsequently charged with battery and criminal damage to property. His parole agent initiated revocation proceedings and the administrative law judge revoked his parole on June 5, 2000. On administrative appeal, Glenn claimed that an additional allegation, that he threatened to kill his girlfriend, was wrongly used as a ground for revocation because he did not receive notice of the allegation before the hearing. The assistant administrator of the Division of Hearings and Appeals disagreed with Glenn, and affirmed his revocation on July 3, 2000. ¶ 9. The decision upholding Glenn's revocation informed him that judicial review may be obtained by filing a petition for a writ of certiorari within 45 days of the decision to be reviewed. Around July 1, 2000, Glenn initially requested that his attorney file a petition for a writ of certiorari. ¶ 10. On July 6, 2000, Glenn met with his attorney and again asked him to file for certiorari review. Glenn's attorney requested a letter of facts and issues together with information regarding the additional allegation that Glenn had threatened to kill his girlfriend. Glenn sent that letter on July 20, 2000. On July 27, 2000, Glenn's attorney assured him that he would file for certiorari review contesting the failure to give notice of the additional allegation of threatening to kill his girlfriend as grounds for revocation. Glenn's petition for writ of certiorari was due on August 17, 2000. His attorney never filed it. ¶ 11. On December 26, 2001, Glenn submitted a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus to this court. He alleged that his attorney provided negligent and incompetent representation by failing to file a petition for certiorari review of the parole revocation decision despite promising to do so. This court referred the petition to the Milwaukee County circuit court on February 19, 2002. Glenn filed a motion with the circuit court for a Machner [6] hearing on his petition for writ of habeas corpus. ¶ 12. The assistant district attorney filed a motion to dismiss Glenn's petition, and the circuit court granted it. The court determined that Glenn was not entitled to relief based upon ineffective assistance of counsel because no constitutional or statutory right to counsel exists for certiorari review of revocation decisions. It further concluded that Glenn failed to demonstrate that his attorney's alleged deficiencies unduly prejudiced his case. Glenn now appeals.