Did the California corrections agency exceed the bounds of its statutory authority?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED ¢ Did the California corrections agency exceed the bounds of its statutory authority when they wrote an administrative regulation without any sort of predicate timeframe? * Cana state law without a timeframe for property reissuance, pass the reasonableness test? What would constitute an unreasonable delay in that context? * Can review courts safely defer to administrative interpretation that does not exist? Does the omission of a substantive predicate—to guide decision makers— constitute an ambiguity and/or a failure to interpret (the governing authority) for Chevron purposes? * Does an agency actually possess discretion to promulgate and then refuse to amend.., one sided administrative codes—those which result in casual and often deprivations of prisoner’s chattels? * Is the term ministerial duty strictly limited to the text of a state's administrative procedures—or can it be derived also from duties arising out of statutory and/or constitutional provisions? e | ii ¢ Upon refusing to grant relief, did the California Court of Appeal avoid some issues, confuse others and in general, fail to narrowly frame the primary questions presented in their opinion? ¢ Could a more fair procedure be ordered into place to prevent the exact sort of judicial bias, appurtenant to the lower court proceedings? | ! | | | | | ad e@ ili