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Case Information: 2026-000437
Court:	Court of Appeals	Classification:	Appeal - Administrative Law Court - Administrative Law Court
Short Title:	Francis Ackerman #266928 v. SCDC (2)	Case Status:	Initial Briefing
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Filed Date:	02/23/2026	Oral Argument Date:
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Lower Court or Tribunal:	2025ALJ040371AP, 2025ALJ040468AP, 2025ALJ040372AP, 2025ALJ040373AP, 2025ALJ040469AP, 2025ALJ040323AP, 2025ALJ040324AP, 2025ALJ040374AP, 2025ALJ040326AP, 2025ALJ040375AP, 2025ALJ040327AP, 2025ALJ040376AP, 2025ALJ040377AP, 2025ALJ040315AP, 2025ALJ040378AP, 2025ALJ040379AP, 2025ALJ040470AP, 2025ALJ040380AP, 2025ALJ040382AP, 2025ALJ040383AP, 2025ALJ040471AP, 2025ALJ040329AP, 2025ALJ040384AP, 2025ALJ040385AP, 2025ALJ040472AP, 2025ALJ040386AP, 2025ALJ040473AP, 2025ALJ040474AP, 2025ALJ040387AP, 2025ALJ040388AP, 2025ALJ040389AP, 2025ALJ040390AP, 2025ALJ040391AP, 2025ALJ040392AP, 2025ALJ040475AP, 2025ALJ040475AP, 2025ALJ040393AP, 2025ALJ040331AP, 2025ALJ040394AP, 2025ALJ040479AP, 2025ALJ040395AP, 2025ALJ040396AP, 2025ALJ040477AP, 2025ALJ040397AP, 2025ALJ040398AP, 2025ALJ040478AP, 2025ALJ040399AP, 2025ALJ040479AP, 2025ALJ040400AP, 2025ALJ040401AP, 2025ALJ040402AP, 2025ALJ040403AP, 2025ALJ040480AP, 2025ALJ040481AP, 2025ALJ040404AP, 2025ALJ040482AP, 2025ALJ040336AP, 2025ALJ040317AP, 2025ALJ040318AP, 2025ALJ040405AP, 2025ALJ040483AP, 2025ALJ040406AP, 2025ALJ040407AP, 2025ALJ040409AP, 2025ALJ040338AP, 2025ALJ040408AP, 2025ALJ040410AP, 2025ALJ040411AP, 2025ALJ040412AP, 2025ALJ040413AP, 2025ALJ040414AP, 2025ALJ040415AP, 2025ALJ040416AP, 2025ALJ040340AP, 2025ALJ040484AP, 2025ALJ040417AP, 2025ALJ040485AP, 2025ALJ040418AP, 2025ALJ040419AP, 2025ALJ040486AP, 2025ALJ040319AP, 2025ALJ040420AP, 2025ALJ040421AP, 2025ALJ040422AP, 2025ALJ040346AP, 2025ALJ040487AP, 2025ALJ040348AP, 2025ALJ040424AP, 2025ALJ040423AP, 2025ALJ040425AP, 2025ALJ040426AP, 2025ALJ040427AP, 2025ALJ040350AP, 2025ALJ040489AP, 2025ALJ040430AP, 2025ALJ040433AP, 2025ALJ040353AP, 2025ALJ040434AP, 2025ALJ040492AP, 2025ALJ040356AP, 2025ALJ040437AP, 2025ALJ040494AP, 2025ALJ040488AP, 2025ALJ040490AP, 2025ALJ040431AP, 2025ALJ040491AP, 2025ALJ040435ap, 2025ALJ040436ap, 2025ALJ040493AP, 2025ALJ040440AP, 2025ALJ040428AP, 2025ALJ040429AP, 2025ALJ040432AP, 2025ALJ040354AP, 2025ALJ040438AP, 2025ALJ040439AP, 2025ALJ040320AP, 2025ALJ040441AP, 2025ALJ040495AP, 2025ALJ040444AP, 2025ALJ040496AP, 2025ALJ040321AP, 2025ALJ040497AP, 2025ALJ040498AP, 2025ALJ040450AP, 2025ALJ040451AP, 2025ALJ040453AP, 2025ALJ040322AP, 2025ALJ040365AP, 2025ALJ040458AP, 2025ALJ040459AP, 2025ALJ040505AP, 2025ALJ040507AP, 2025ALJ040509AP, 2025ALJ040463AP, 2025ALJ040467AP, 2025ALJ040442AP, 2025ALJ040445AP, 2025ALJ040446AP, 2025ALJ040448AP, 2025ALJ040499AP, 2025ALJ040361AP, 2025ALJ040502AP, 2025ALJ040364AP, 2025ALJ040454AP, 2025ALJ040503AP, 2025ALJ040366AP, 2025ALJ040506AP, 2025ALJ040461AP, 2025ALJ040510AP, 2025ALJ040464AP, 2025ALJ040466AP, 2025ALJ040443AP, 2025ALJ040358AP, 2025ALJ040359AP, 2025ALJ040447AP, 2025ALJ040449AP, 2025ALJ040500AP, 2025ALJ040363AP, 2025ALJ040452AP, 2025ALJ040455AP, 2025ALJ040456AP, 2025ALJ040457AP, 2025ALJ040504AP, 2025ALJ040460AP, 2025ALJ040508AP, 2025ALJ040462AP, 2025ALJ040465AP, 2025ALJ040511AP

Francis Ackerman #266928, Tyrone Aiken #244428, Tyrone Aiken #248367, Malik Aljalil #219551, Linso Allen #269378, Frank Anderson #282800, Sherman Austin #300028, Henry Baker #263398, Michael Baylor #265682, Jacob Beach #301270, Darryel Beasley #222388, Michael Benninger #264212, Taurus Bowman #252745, Lazarus Brannon #227847, Ronald Brewer #285756, Frederick Brown #289602, Keith Brown #295762, Timothy Brown #238461, Gary Bryant #258972, Pete Bryant #242370, Terrell Buchanon #277262, Douglas Bude #263537, Larry Burke #281911, Christopher Busch #300690, Michael Busques #191961, Richard Butler #162467, Thomas Butler #257552, Derek Carter #275938, Thomas Carter #249362, Rudy Cassady #238732, Leroy Choice #113990, Sheldon Clark #264772, Zawaski Cobb #187136, Baron Cobbs #280479, Kamathene Cooper #145333, Frank Corley #292975, Gladstone Cummings #267450, Patrick Curtis #175139, Quintin Daniels #196284, Curtis Davis #238776, Garry Davis #106144, Perry Deveaux #109601, Daniel Dewey #276678, Calvin Drummond #236322, Jerome Durham #270393, Paul Durham #219573, Harlan Edger #261866, Keith Eigner #299153, Rodney Elliott #251337, Anthony English #238474, James Enriquez #215539, Kirlan Etheredge #236635, James Evans 267837, David Feggins #287157, Bernard Felder #122099, Jose Flores #240563, James Foye #211523, Ray Gadsden #187527, Maxie Gamble #254413, Robert Garrett #291096, Jermaine Garriett #191274, Fred Gatewood #289775, Reginald Geddis #183851, Marvin Gilbert #273934, Dennis Goff #177506, Charles Graham #294453, Richard Graham #228235, Gregory Grant #109656, Howard Grant #255473, Nehemiah Greene #243339, Gary Grooms #283860, Willie Hare #256641, Wayne Harlen #245705, David Harrell #260004, Johnny Hayes #267910, Steven Hickenbottom #196263, Johnny Holden #245199, Michael Hood #279897, Don Hughes #256862, Chuck Jackson #266425, James Jackson #267718, Peter Jenkins #257321, Alfred Joyner #260442, Keith Kelly #257556, Joseph Kelsey #217218, Dennis Knight #286981, Nick Lambros #215080, Nikia Law #260855, Stephen Lease #137016, Archie Lee #226354,Harry Leonard #249996, Rick Libby #274681, Quintin Linen #238553, Raymond Livingston #277133, Donald Lyles #296135, Earl Mack #216237, Lavanza Mack #189340, Percy Martin #270035, Cedric Martino #291396, Donald McAteer #292961, Larry McClam #282972, Michael McFarland #266870, Tony McNeil #235846, Thomas Miles #246763, Darrin Miller #259593, Ernest Miller #235474, Roy Morris #288777, John Moultrie #276527, Matin Muntaqim #142282, Anthony Murphy #295393, Anthony Murray #237867, James Murray #165487, Robert Norris #266101, Joe Pannell #89592, Frank Patterson #283098, Tony Pitts #280579, Kevin Poston #266083, Rodney Pressley #177947, Germaine Pringle #250390, Francis Prioleau #268813, Larkland Richards #281768, Gene Richardson #93614, Hester Wright, Personal Representative for Isaac Richardson #232574, Laron Richardson #258786, Dennis Richey #233472, Ignacio Rivera #300424, Henry Rivers #219118, Donald Robinson #277520, Darrell Rochester #146731, Vandell Sanders #241308, James Sattler #235043, Joseph Schmitz #173987, Arthur Scott #251957, Isaiah Scott #228008, Roosevelt Scott, Jr. #275631, George Shine #292391, Archie Simmons #161419, Kenneth Simmons #278911, Ronald Simmons #267937, Samuel Simmons #302393, Stephane Simmons #300422, Edward Simpson #220017, Virgil Simpson #281888, David Sims #278067, Jonathan Singleton #287670, Kevin Smith #272440, Robert Smith #199324, Timothy Smith #296539, Jeffrey Spears #281697, Alvin Stewart #278595, Jeff Stinson #260047, William Thomas #272501, Curtis Thompson #266448, James Trumper #247429, James Wells #180458, Ray Wells #173651, Kenneth White #228409, Bobby Williams #261486, Darrell Williams #219730, Derrick Williams #272958, James Williams #282929, Leon Wilson #155867, Timothy Wilson #261971, Tony Witt #242918, John Wojcik #219463, Robert Wydman #260331, Eric Youmous #281091, Rogelio Zavala #245106, Appellants,

v.

South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.

- Party Information
Appellate Role	Party Name	Former	Attorney(s)
Appellant	Francis C. Ackerman	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Tyrone Aiken	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Tyrone Aiken	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Malik Aljalil	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Linso Allen	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Frank Anderson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Sherman Austin	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Henry Baker	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Michael Baylor	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Jacob Beach	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Darryel Beasley	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Michael Benninger	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Taurus Bowman	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Lazarus Brannon	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Ronald Brewer	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Frederick Brown	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Keith Brown	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Timothy Brown	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Gary Bryant	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Pete Bryant	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Terrell Buchanon	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Douglas Bude	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Larry Burke	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Christopher Busch	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Michael Busques	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Richard Butler	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Thomas Butler	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Derek Carter	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Thomas Carter	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Rudy Cassady	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Leroy Choice	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Sheldon Clark	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Zawaski Cobb	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Baron Cobbs	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Kamathene Cooper	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Frank Corley	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Gladstone Cummings	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Patrick Curtis	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Quintin Daniels	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Curtis Davis	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Garry Davis	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Perry Deveaux	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Daniel Dewey	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Calvin Drummond	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Jerome Durham	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Paul Durham	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Harlon Edger	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Keith Eigner	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Rodney Elliott	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Anthony English	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	James Enriquez	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Kirlan Etheredge	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	James Evans	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	David Feggins	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Bernard Felder	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Jose Flores	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	James Foye	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Ray Gadsden	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Maxie Gamble	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Robert Garrett	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Jermaine Garriett	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Fred Gatewood	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Reginald Geddis	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Marvin Gilbert	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Dennis Goff	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Charles Graham	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Richard Graham	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Gregory Grant	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Howard Grant	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Nehemiah Greene	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Gary Grooms	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Willie Hare	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Wayne Harlen	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	David Harrell	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Johnny Hayes	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Steven Hickenbottom	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Johnny Holden	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Michael Hood	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Don Hughes	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Chuck Jackson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	James Jackson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Peter Jenkins	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Alfred Joyner	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Keith Kelly	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Joseph Kelsey	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Dennis Knight	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Nick Lambros	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Nikia Law	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Stephen Lease	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Archie Lee	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Harry Leonard	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Rick Libby	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Quintin Linen	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Raymond Livingston	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Donald Lyles	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Earl Mack	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Lavanza Mack	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Percy Martin	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Cedric Martino	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Donald McAteer	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Larry McClam	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Michael McFarland	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Tony McNeil	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Thomas Miles	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Darrin Miller	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Ernest Miller	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Roy Morris	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	John Moultrie	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Matin Muntaqim	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Anthony Murphy	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Anthony Murray	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	James Murray	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Robert Norris	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Joe Pannell	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Frank Patterson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Tony Pitts	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Kevin Poston	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Rodney Pressley	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Germaine Pringle	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Francis Prioleau	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Larkland Richards	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Gene Richardson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Isaac Richardson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Laron Richardson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Dennis Richey	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Ignacio Rivera	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Henry Rivers	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Donald Robinson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Darrell Rochester	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Vondell Sanders	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	James Sattler	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Joseph Schmitz	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Arthur Scott	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Isaiah Scott	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Roosevelt Scott	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	George Shine	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Archie Simmons	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Kenneth Simmons	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Ronald Simmons	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Samuel Simmons	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Stephone Simmons	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Edward Simpson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Virgil Simpson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	David Sims	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Jonathan Singleton	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Kevin Smith	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Robert Smith	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Timothy Smith	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Jeffrey Spears	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Alvin Stewart	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Jeff Stinson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	William Thomas	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Curtis Thompson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	James Trumper	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	James Wells	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Ray Wells	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Kenneth White	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Bobby Williams	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Darrell Williams	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Derrick Williams	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	James Williams	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Leon Wilson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Timothy Wilson	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Tony Witt	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	John Wojcik	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Robert Wydman	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Eric Youmous	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Appellant	Rogelio Zavala	N	Douglas H. Westbrook
Respondent	South Carolina Department of Corrections	N	Lake Eric Summers Christina Catoe Bigelow

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Event Information
Filed Date	Event Information	Doc
06/05/2026	Correspondence - Incoming (Appellant's Letter to Chief Judge Williams)
06/05/2026	Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted and Caption Correction
06/02/2026	Motion - Extension of Time (2nd) Respondent's Initial Brief
04/22/2026	Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted (Respondent's Initial Brief)
04/17/2026	Motion - Extension of Time (1st) (Respondent's Initial Brief)
04/14/2026	Correspondence - Incoming (Appellant's Correspondence Regarding Case Caption)
04/10/2026	Correspondence - Incoming (Address Update from Appellant)
04/09/2026	Designation of Matter - Designation of Matter Filed
04/09/2026	Initial Brief - Appellant
03/27/2026	Correspondence - Outgoing (Notice of Appeal Initial Letter)
03/02/2026	Transcript Documents - Transcript Ordered
02/23/2026	Notice of Appeal (Civil) - Initial