Does a deprivation of liberty, arising from an administrative decision in a correctional facility, constitute a civil proceeding?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Antrobus v. Vanvugt, 2014 BCSC 2345 (CanLII):
More recently in Bacon v. Surrey Pretrial Services Center (Warden), 2010 BCSC 805, McEwan J. addressed the characterization of a habeas corpus application and concluded that a deprivation of liberty, arising from an administrative decision in a correctional facility, gives rise to a proceeding that is civil in nature; at para. 21.
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