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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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United States District Court

Eastern District of California

Randall Lee Reed, 

Petitioner, No. Civ. S 05-1073 LKK PAN P

vs. Order

K. Mendoza Powers,

Respondent. 

-oOoPetitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a

writ of habeas corpus. He challenges the conditions of his

confinement, viz., a classification decision at California State

Prison--Folsom resulting in his transfer to Avenal State Prison. 

Petitioner claims the transfer created a hardship for his family. 

Petitioner must pursue his claims by way of a civil rights

action. 

Accordingly, the court hereby orders that:

1. The May 31, 2005, petition for habeas corpus is

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dismissed without prejudice and with leave to amend the pleading

to pursue a civil rights action.

2. The clerk of the court shall send petitioner a form for

a civil rights complaint and an application to proceed in forma

pauperis by a prisoner. (The in forma pauperis process must

begin anew as petitioner will be responsible for the $250.00

filing fee for a civil rights action. See 28 U.S.C. section

1915.)

3. Petitioner shall, within 30 days of service of this

order, submit a civil rights complaint and an application to

proceed in forma pauperis. Petitioner is forewarned, however,

that he has no constitutional right to be assigned to the prison

of his choice. Meachum v. Fano, 427 U.S. 215, 225 (1976); see

also Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 483-84 (1995) (an inmate is

deprived of a liberty interest entitled to constitutional

safeguards only when he suffers restraint imposing an “atypical

and significant hardship” in relation to the “ordinary incidents

of prison life”). If petitioner fails to file a civil rights

complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis this

action will be dismissed.

Dated: June 16, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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