Is a writ of habeas corpus the appropriate federal remedy in a case where an inmate has lost time credits due to his disciplinary conviction?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hernandez v. Stainer, 1:12-cv-01177 AWI MJS HC (E.D. Cal. 2012):
A writ of habeas corpus is the appropriate federal remedy when "a state prisoner is challenging the very fact or duration of his physical imprisonment, and the relief he seeks is a determination that he is entitled to an immediate or speedier release from that imprisonment." Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 500 (1973). Challenges to prison disciplinary convictions in which the inmate has lost time credits must be raised in a federal
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