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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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United States District Court

Eastern District of California 

Keith Somers,

Plaintiff, No. Civ. S 05-0741 MCE PAN P

vs. Order

M. Perez, et al.,

Defendants.

-oOoPlaintiff, a state prisoner without counsel, filed a civil

rights action and request to proceed in forma pauperis.

The case proceeds on the April 27, 2005, amended complaint

filed as of right pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15.

Plaintiff alleges the Board of Prison Terms violated his

constitutional rights in addressing his suitability for parole

and requests a new hearing.

When a prisoner seeks an earlier or immediate release from

prison or requests relief with respect to his term of

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imprisonment, his sole federal remedy is by means of a petition

for writ of habeas corpus. Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475,

500 (1973). Before a state prisoner may bring a federal habeas

corpus action, he must present his claims to the state’s highest

court. Picard v. Connor, 404 U.S. 270, 276 (1971); Middleton v.

Cupp, 768 F.2d 1083, 1086 (9th Cir. 1986). 

Plaintiff’s claims should be raised in a habeas corpus

petition brought after exhausting state judicial remedies.

Accordingly, the court hereby orders that:

1. The Clerk of Court shall send plaintiff an application

for writ of habeas corpus.

2. Plaintiff shall, within 20 days, complete and return the

application for habeas corpus, which will supersede prior

pleading.

Dated: June 16, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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