CROWLEY, PETITIONER.

No. 99-P-1860.

54 Mass. App. Ct. 447 (2002)

JEFFREY CROWLEY, petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Crowley, pro se.

Charles Anderson, Jr., for Commissioner of Correction.

Present: PORADA, GILLERMAN, & GRASSO, JJ.


GRASSO, J.

We consider in this appeal whether a prison inmate who has failed to seek review by certiorari of asserted deficiencies in a disciplinary proceeding that results in forfeited good time credits can seek habeas corpus to the same end years later. We conclude that in such circumstances an inmate may not use habeas corpus as a substitute for certiorari, and we affirm the dismissal of the inmate's habeas corpus petition.

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