Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Virginia

unlawful detention by dept. of corrections

my husband was sentenced to 2 yrs. for a probation violation and the court order stated that he will serve a total of 2 years but the Dept. of corrections said he will serve 5 and this isnt correct and the judge faxed them a new corrected sentencing order but they still willl not correct his release date.Can I file suit against the D.O.C. and if so how do I do that?


Asked on 10/03/07, 9:45 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: unlawful detention by dept. of corrections

Let your husband's former lawyer deal with it, if possible. The lawyer should be able to ascertain the best way to remedy this problem which may involve no more than a clerical glitch

somewhere in the bowels of the D.O.C. bureaucracy.

Needless to say, attempting to file suit against the D.O.C. is not the way to go at this time.

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Answered on 10/03/07, 9:51 am


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