Scott A. Higgins v. Phillip Briggs

MANNHEIMER, Judge. Scott A. Higgins appeals the superior court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. For several years, Higgins
had been a prisoner in the custody of the Alaska Department of Corrections. As punishment for Higgins's various violations
of prison rules, the Department of Corrections had, at different times over the last five years, taken away portions of the
good time credit Higgins accrued under AS 33.20. Higgins filed a petition for writ of in the superior court, claiming that
the Department of Corrections had imposed excessive penalties for his violations of prison rules -- that his violations of
the rules were too minor to merit such an extensive loss of good time credit. Higgins further argued that, if his good time
credit was restored, he would be entitled to immediate parole release under AS 33.20.040(a).