Crowley

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.

Background. The essential facts are not in dispute. Jeffrey Crowley received a sentence of twenty-two and one-half to twenty-five years for armed robbery, effective April 8, 1987.…