Aschan v. State

LAVORATO, Justice.

Iowa Code section 663A.2(6) (1987) permits prisoners to challenge forfeiture of good conduct time through postconviction proceedings provided they first exhaust the appeal procedure of section 903A.3(2). Section 903A.3(2) provides that orders of the hearing officer are subject to appeal to the superintendent or warden. It also provides that the decisions of the superintendent or warden are subject to review by the director of the Iowa department of corrections.

Because section 663A.2(6) uses the word “appeal,” the postconviction applicant, Mark Aschan I, contended prisoners…