Cooper v. SCDPPPS

THIS OPINION
HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN
ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

Kamathene A.
Cooper, Appellant,

v

South Carolina
Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, Respondent.

Appeal From Administrative Law Court

Deborah B. Durden, Administrative Law
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-319

Submitted June 1, 2010 – Filed June 22,
2010   

AFFIRMED

Kamathene Cooper, pro se, of Ridgeville,
for Appellant.

Tommy Evans, Jr., of Columbia, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Kamathene Cooper appeals the South
Carolina Parole Board's (the Board) denial of his parole, arguing the Board
failed to comply with Cooper v. South
Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. 377 S.C. 489, 661 S.E.2d 106 (2008).[1] 
We affirm[2] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and
the following authority: Compton v.
S.C. Dep't of Prob., Parole & Pardon Servs., 385 S.C. 476, 479, 685 S.E.2d 175, 179 (2009)
(holding an order denying parole is sufficient under Cooper if it states
the Board considered the statutory criteria in section 24-21-640 of the South
Carolina Code (2007) and parole form 1212). 

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J.,
WILLIAMS, J., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

[1] This court need not address Cooper's remaining
argument, as it is manifestly without merit.  See Rule
220(b)(2), SCACR ("The Court of Appeals need not
address a point which is manifestly without merit.").

[2] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to
Rule 215, SCACR.