Personal Restraint Petition Of Robert Spencer Rose, 80083-3

After a family visit at Washington Corrections Center, a routine strip search of Robert Rose produced a small folded paper from his sock containing three Suboxone tabs.
DOC charged Rose with introducing unauthorized drugs; at the disciplinary hearing the officer reviewed video and found Rose guilty and deducted 75 days of good conduct time.
Rose requested video evidence and argued the visitation-room footage would show his visitor slipped the item to him or that the paper was already on the floor; he also argued DOC violated its policy requiring two staff during strip searches.
The superintendent’s designee denied Rose’s appeal; Rose then filed a personal restraint petition challenging (1) his access to and the hearing officer’s consideration of video, and (2) DOC’s failure to follow its two-staff strip-search policy.
In response to the petition, DOC expunged the infraction, restored Rose’s lost good time, and adjusted his early release date.
The court concluded the expungement and restoration rendered Rose’s challenges moot and dismissed the petition without reaching the merits.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Right to personally examine surveillance video	Rose: entitled to personally view video to rebut contraband transfer allegation	DOC: provided hearing evidence; post-petition expungement/restoration cures the injury	Dismissed as moot; relief rendered effective by expungement/restoration
Hearing officer failed to consider all relevant video	Rose: officer did not review all available footage and so process was inadequate	DOC: hearing reviewed video and other evidence; expungement renders claim moot	Dismissed as moot; court did not reach merits
DOC violated its strip-search policy (two-staff rule)	Rose: policy required two staff during strip search, violation undermines procedure	DOC: procedural defect alleged but expungement and restoration negate present restraint	Dismissed as moot; policy-compliance claim not adjudicated

In re Pers. Restraint of Grantham, 168 Wn.2d 204 (sets standard for personal restraint petitions under RAP 16.4)
In re Pers. Restraint of Isadore, 151 Wn.2d 294 (framework for establishing unlawful restraint in PRPs)
In re Pers. Restraint of Higgins, 152 Wn.2d 155 (agency alternative remedies can render court relief unnecessary)
In re Det. of Cross, 99 Wn.2d 373 (mootness: court cannot provide effective relief when remedy already given)
In re Pers. Restraint of White, 25 Wn. App. 911 (court need not consider moot issues)
In re Pers. Restraint of Mines, 146 Wn.2d 279 (court may decide technically moot petitions only for matters of continuing substantial public interest)