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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT P. BENYAMINI,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-09-2462 DAD P

vs.

J.D. HARRIS, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with an action filed pursuant to 42

U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for release on bail. Plaintiff’s

motion is unclear and difficult to decipher. However, to the extent that plaintiff is seeking his

release from state prison, he is advised that he is proceeding with a civil rights action before this

court. A civil rights action is the proper mechanism for a prisoner seeking to challenge the

conditions of his confinement. Badea v. Cox, 931 F.2d 573, 574 (9th Cir. 1991). In contrast,

habeas corpus proceedings are the proper mechanism for a prisoner seeking to challenge the fact

or duration of his confinement. Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 484 (1973). Insofar as

plaintiff is seeking his release from confinement, a writ of habeas corpus is his sole remedy in

federal court. Accordingly, the court will deny plaintiff’s motion. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for release on

bail (Doc. No. 14) is denied.

DATED: March 25, 2010.

DAD:sj

beny2462.B

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