Preiser v. Rodriguez, No. 71-1369 (U.S. Supreme Court) (411 U.S. 475; 93 S.Ct. 1827) (May 7, 1973) (Justice Stewart)
Case held that a prisoner seeking restoration of good time credits could not bring that action under 42 USC ยง 1983, but rather must bring it under a habeas corpus pettion since Congress intended that habeas relief was the exclusive means of relief.
The plaintiffs in this case were state ...
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