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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT ALM,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 15CV2675-GPC(JMA)

ORDER DISMISSING 42 U.S.C. §

1983 COMPLAINT AND

DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO CONSTRUE THE COMPLAINT

AS A PETITION FOR WRIT OF

HABEAS CORPUS UNDER 28

U.S.C. § 2255

v.

WARDEN B.R. JETT; UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA; U.S.

ATTORNEY,

Defendant.

On November 17, 2015, Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a “motion

for judgment on pleadings judgment on the pleadings.” (Dkt. No. 1.) In liberally

construing the Complaint, the Clerk of Court filed the case as a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil

rights complaint. On the face of the complaint, Plaintiff lists his criminal case number

12cr0920-H, which is a criminal case in this district. 

On February 2, 2016, the Court dismissed the action for failing to pay the filing

fee required and/or to move to proceed in forma pauperis. (Dkt. No. 2.) On February

3, 2016, Plaintifffiled a document indicating that the Court misconstrued his complaint

as a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and should have been submitted it as a petition for writ of habeas

corpus. (Dkt. No. 4.) 

It appears that Petitioner is seeking to challenge the sentence imposed by this

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Court. 28 U.S.C. § 2255 provides that 1

[a] prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by Act of

Congress claiming the right to be released upon the ground that the

sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the

United States, or that the court was without jurisdiction to impose such

sentence, or that the sentence was in excess of the maximum

authorized by law, or is otherwise subject to collateral attack, may

move the court which imposed the sentence to vacate, set aside or

correct the sentence. 

28 U.S.C. § 2255(a) (emphasis added). 

Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES the complaint in this case and DIRECTS

the Clerk of Court to construe his “motion for judgment on the pleadings” as a petition

for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 4, 2016

HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL

United States District Judge

After a search of the Court’s docket, the Court found that Robert Alm was 1

sentenced by this Court in 12cr920-H. On December, 1, 2015, the Court filed Alm’s

petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, with a nunc pro tunc

date of September 14, 2015, which was given case no. 15cv2687-H. It would appear

that Alm’s “motion for judgment on the pleadings”, filed on November 17, 2015, may

have been filed in connection with his petition for writ of habeas corpus in case no.

15cv2687-H. 

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