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Preiser v. Rodriguez
United States Supreme Court
411 U.S. 475 (1973)
The federal habeas corpus statute and the Civil Rights Act of eighteen seventy one offer potentially overlapping federal remedies to state prisoners who make constitutional claims against prison officials.
In Preiser versus Rodriguez, the Supreme Court addressed this overlap and attempted to resolve it. New York law allowed state prisoners serving indeterminate sentences to join an optional conditional release program.
Eugene Rodriguez and two other inmates opted into the program, which allowed them to shorten their sentences by accruing good behavior credits.
Prison officials later revoked each inmate's accrued good behavior credits, prompting the inmates to file separate federal lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the revocations.
Each inmate sought relief under both the Civil Rights Act and the federal habeas statute, arguing that their credits should be restored, making them eligible for immediate release from prison.
The district court noted that the federal habeas statute required the inmates to exhaust all available state remedies before seeking federal relief.
However, after finding that the habeas claims were superfluous and permitting the inmates to proceed solely under the civil rights act, the court ruled in the inmates' favor. The second circuit consolidated the cases and affirmed, and the Supreme Court granted cert.
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Preiser v. Rodriguez
United States Supreme Court
411 U.S. 475 (1973)
The federal habeas corpus statute and the Civil Rights Act of eighteen seventy one offer potentially overlapping federal remedies to state prisoners who make constitutional claims against prison officials.
In Preiser versus Rodriguez, the Supreme Court addressed this overlap and attempted to resolve it. New York law allowed state prisoners serving indeterminate sentences to join an optional conditional release program.
Eugene Rodriguez and two other inmates opted into the program, which allowed them to shorten their sentences by accruing good behavior credits.
Prison officials later revoked each inmate's accrued good behavior credits, prompting the inmates to file separate federal lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the revocations.
Each inmate sought relief under both the Civil Rights Act and the federal habeas statute, arguing that their credits should be restored, making them eligible for immediate release from prison.
The district court noted that the federal habeas statute required the inmates to exhaust all available state remedies before seeking federal relief.
However, after finding that the habeas claims were superfluous and permitting the inmates to proceed solely under the civil rights act, the court ruled in the inmates' favor. The second circuit consolidated the cases and affirmed, and the Supreme Court granted cert.
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