Preiser v. Rodriguez

·1973

What the Court Decided

Held that state prisoners challenging the duration of their confinement must use habeas corpus rather than Section 1983 civil rights actions, because allowing 1983 suits would wholly frustrate the habeas scheme.

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Cited In

Fernandez v. United States

2025 Term · 24-556

Both sides invoked this case regarding when one statute impliedly precludes use of another. The petitioner argued the situation here is far less extreme than in Preiser, where Section 1983 would have 'swamped' habeas entirely.