Opinion ID: 848787
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Heading: APPROPRIATE REMEDY FOR A VIOLATION OF MCL 791.240a(1)

Text: Where an official has a clear legal duty to act and fails to do so, the appropriate remedy is an order of mandamus. See In re MCI, 460 Mich. 396, 442-443, 596 N.W.2d 164 (1999); Lickfeldt v. Dep't of Corrections, 247 Mich.App. 299, 302, 636 N.W.2d 272 (2001). [16] Where, as here, the Legislature has established a clear, ministerial duty, but has failed to prescribe any consequence for a violation of that duty, a plaintiff may seek a writ of mandamus to compel compliance with the statutory duty. Accordingly, we agree with the suggestion of the Court of Appeals in this caseand in Lane, 2 Mich.App. at 144, 138 N.W.2d 541that the proper remedy for the failure to hold a timely hearing as required by M.C.L. § 791.240a(1) is a complaint for an order of mandamus rather than for a writ of habeas corpus. [17]