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Commonwealth Of Kentucky Court of Appeals
NO. 2003-CA-002172-MR
JACTA EST ALEA
APPELLANT
v.
APPEAL FROM LYON CIRCUIT COURT HONORABLE BILL CUNNINGHAM, JUDGE ACTION NO. 03-CI-00113
GLEN E. HAEBERLIN, KENTUCKY STATE PENITENTIARY
APPELLEES
OPINION AFFIRMING ** ** ** ** ** BEFORE: BUCKINGHAM, JOHNSON, AND KNOPF, JUDGES.
BUCKINGHAM, JUDGE: Jacta Est Alea appeals from an order of the Lyon Circuit Court denying his motion for relief pursuant to CR1 60.02. We affirm. Jacta Est Alea is an inmate at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Lyon County, Kentucky. segregation unit. He is housed in the
On May 29, 2003, he filed a Motion for
Declaration of Rights in the Lyon Circuit Court claiming that his constitutional rights were being violated due to prison
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Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure.
conditions.
On July 15, 2003, the court entered an order No appeal was taken.
dismissing the motion.
On September 10, 2003, Jacta Est Alea filed a motion pursuant to CR 60.02 requesting relief from the prior dismissal order. In support of the motion, he stated that the court
failed to direct the clerk to transmit copies of the order to the prison officials and to the county attorney as required by KRS2 454.405(3). On September 19, 2003, the court entered an This appeal followed.
order denying the motion.
Jacta Est Alea alleges two errors in his appeal. First, he asserts that the judge failed to recuse himself in the declaration of rights action in accordance with KRS 26A.015(2)(a). Next, he alleges that the court failed to comply
with KRS 454.405(3) by not directing the clerk to send the copies of the order of dismissal to the prison officials and the county attorney. Concerning the issue of whether the trial judge should have recused himself from hearing the Motion for Declaration of Rights, we note that this issue was not raised in the CR 60.02 motion. appeal. Therefore, it is not properly before this court on See Regional Jail Authority v. Tackett, Ky., 770 S.W.2d
225, 228 (1989).
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Kentucky Revised Statutes.
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Furthermore, this is an issue that would have been available for our review on direct appeal from the dismissal order. However, because Jacta Est Alea did not file a direct
appeal from the dismissal order, relief pursuant to CR 60.02 is not available. See McQueen v. Commonwealth, Ky., 948 S.W.2d 415
(1997), wherein the Kentucky Supreme Court stated that “CR 60.02 is not a separate avenue of appeal to be pursued in addition to other remedies, but is available only to raise issues which cannot be raised in other proceedings.” Id. at 416.
Concerning the issue of the court’s apparent failure to direct the clerk to send a copy of the dismissal order to the prison officials and the county attorney, we note that this is also an issue that would have been available for our review on direct appeal of the dismissal order. Again, because Jacta Est
Alea did not file a direct appeal from the order, relief pursuant to CR 60.02 is not available. See McQueen, supra.
The order of the Lyon Circuit Court is affirmed. ALL CONCUR. BRIEF FOR APPELLANT: Jacta Est Alea, Pro Se Eddyville, Kentucky NO BRIEF FOR APPELLEES:
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