Skinner v. Department of Justice

Issue: Whether a prisoner’s federal damages claims challenging disciplinary segregation and the loss of visitation rights and commissary privileges resulting from certain alleged prisoner misconduct — claims that otherwise could proceed without exhaustion of habeas remedies — nonetheless must be dismissed in favor of habeas because prison officials also chose to revoke good-time credits based on the same incident, and any challenge to that revocation would lie exclusively in habeas.

Briefs and Documents

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (DC Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioner's reply