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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JIMMY M. GARCIA,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 

COUNTY OF ORANGE, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01636-LJO-JDP

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

THAT THIS CASE BE DISMISSED UNDER 

THE FAVORABLE-TERMINATION RULE 

OBJECTIONS DUE IN FOURTEEN DAYS

ORDER THAT THE CLERK’S OFFICE 

SEND PLAINTIFF AN APPLICATION FOR 

A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

Plaintiff Jimmy M. Garcia is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff argues that he is innocent of the crime for which he was 

convicted and claims that there were evidentiary problems at his trial. See ECF No. 1. On

January 8, the court ordered plaintiff to show cause why his action should not be barred by the 

favorable-termination rule of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). Plaintiff’s response to this 

order reiterates his arguments that he is innocent and that there were problems with his trial. See

ECF No. 7 at 1-2. Because plaintiff has failed to show that his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is not barred by 

Heck, the court will recommend that this action be dismissed. 

Plaintiff may wish to file a petition for habeas corpus. If so, that petition should comply 

with the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 2254, including the requirement of § 2254(b)(1)(A) that the 

petitioner has first “exhausted the remedies available in the courts of the State” in which he was 

convicted. In other words, before he is able to receive relief here in federal court, plaintiff must 

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have finished the appeals process in his state of conviction. 

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

The court recommends that this action be dismissed under the favorable-termination rule 

of Heck v. Humphrey. 

ORDER

The clerk’s office is ordered to send plaintiff an application form for a writ of habeas 

corpus.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 30, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 205.

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