{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"christopher-gray","displayName":"Christopher Gray","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd82351:2019-06-28","opinionId":"77aa3856-b886-574f-9510-eec0d473cf26","slug":"christopher-gray-v-missouri-department-of-corrections-d82351","caseName":"Christopher Gray\nvs.\nMissouri Department of Corrections","caseNumber":"WD82351","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2019-06-28","year":2019,"display_summary":"Christopher Gray, an inmate, filed a petition for declaratory judgment seeking additional jail-time credit. The trial court dismissed his petition, finding it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because Gray had not exhausted his administrative remedies. The appellate court reversed and remanded, holding that the failure to exhaust administrative remedies is an affirmative defense, not a jurisdictional bar, in light of the Missouri Supreme Court's decision in J.C.W. ex rel. Webb v. Wyciskalla.","primaryTopic":"civil-procedure","topicSlugs":["civil-procedure","administrative-law","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=141736","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/christopher-gray-v-missouri-department-of-corrections-d82351","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":20,"source":"tag","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}