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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 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL SEAN HAUGHEY, 

Plaintiff(s),

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MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERIOR

COURT,

Defendant(s). 

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No. C 06-1675 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff, a prisoner at the Monterey County Jail, has filed a pro se

complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 attacking the validity of a sentence imposed by

the Monterey County Superior Court. Plaintiff specifically alleges that the court

violated his constitutional rights when it imposed a 365-day prison term, rather

than the home detention recommended by his probation officer.

Plaintiff’s action must be dismissed without prejudice because it is wellestablished that any claim by a prisoner that would necessarily imply the

invalidity of his conviction or continuing confinement, as plaintiff’s claim would

here, must be brought in a habeas petition. See Nelson v. Campbell, 541 U.S.

637, 642-44 (2004); see also Calderon v. Ashmus, 523 U.S. 740, 747 (1998)

(claim by a prisoner attacking the fact or duration of his confinement must be

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brought under the habeas sections of Title 28 of the United States Code). And

for essentially the same reasons, a claim for damages would have to be dismissed

without prejudice as well. See Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-487 (1994)

(claim for damages for unlawful incarceration or sentence is not cognizable under

§ 1983 until the conviction or sentence at issue is invalidated). 

For the foregoing reasons, plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis

is DENIED and the complaint is DISMISSED without prejudice under the

authority of 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). 

The clerk shall enter judgment in accordance with this order, terminate all

pending motions as moot, and close the file. No fee is due.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 6, 2006 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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