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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 

PATRICK OTIS NELSON, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS, S.C. PECK, D.K.

SISTO, SINGH, M. CHIRILA, PICCO,

WIFL, K. PANLY, R. KNUDSEN, and

JOHN DOES 1-100,

Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:09-cv-00140-MSB

ORDER

Plaintiff Patrick Otis Nelson, who is confined in the California State Prison, Solano

in Vacaville, CA, has filed a pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

(Dkt. #1). 

In a previous order, the Court screened Nelson’s pro se civil rights complaint pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and determined that the allegations in the complaint were sufficient

for screening purposes to state a claim against Defendant S.C. Peck under the Eighth

Amendment. (Dkt. #6 at 3–5). The Court dismissed Nelson’s Fourteenth Amendment claim

concerning his 2008 disciplinary proceeding, as Nelson sought only to have his good-time

credits reinstated (id. at 5–7), the sole federal remedy for which is a writ of habeas corpus.

(Id. at 7). 

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On May 25, 2010, Nelson filed a Motion for Leave to File a Petition for Writ of

Habeas Corpus concerning his 2008 disciplinary proceeding and resulting forfeiture of goodtime credits. (Dkt. #16 at 1). A review of this Court’s records reveals, however, that Nelson 1

has already filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 concerning

his 2008 disciplinary proceeding and forfeiture of good-time credits. See Petition for Writ

of Habeas Corpus, Nelson v. Haviland, No. 2:09-cv-02075-GEB-DAD (E.D. Cal. filed July

29, 2009). That petition is currently pending and became fully briefed as of March 23, 2010.

(Dkt. #17). A new habeas petition challenging Nelson’s 2008 disciplinary proceeding and

forfeiture of good-time credits would therefore be unnecessarily duplicative of his earlierfiled petition.

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

(1) Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File a § 2254 Habeas Petition (Dkt. #16) is

denied.

DATED this 1st day of June, 2010.

/s/ Marsha S. Berzon 

MARSHA S. BERZON

United States Circuit Judge, sitting by designation

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