Bromwell v. Nixon
Annotate this CaseKevin Bromwell and several other inmates (Appellants) of the Jefferson County Correctional Center filed a petition for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, alleging that the circuit court's application of the Missouri Prisoner Litigation Reform Act to petitions for writs of habeas corpus violated the state and federal Constitutions. Appellants then filed a consolidated petition for writs of habeas corpus. The circuit court quashed service of process, dismissed the counts alleged in the consolidated petition for declaratory judgment for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, and dismissed the petition for writs of habeas corpus without prejudice. The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's judgment, holding (1) the consolidated petitions for writs of habeas corpus claims were properly dismissed and there was no right to appeal; and (2) the circuit court properly dismissed Appellant's declaratory judgment petition, as Appellants failed to state claims upon which relief could be granted.
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