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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

EARL SIMPSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 

CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

1:13-cv-01701-JLT (PC)

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION, WITH 

PREJUDICE, FOR FAILURE TO SHOW 

CAUSE WHY THIS ACTION IS NOT 

BARRED BY HECK v. HUMPHRY, 512 U.S. 

477 (1994) 

(Docs. 1, 10)

Plaintiff, Earl Simpson, is a civil detainee who is currently proceeding pro se in this civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed this action on October 23, 2013. (Doc. 

1.) In the Complaint, under "Statement of Claim" Plaintiff alleges that he is being held hostage in 

a state institution and that he has not been released to the principal place of his business. (Id., at 

3.) Plaintiff also alleges that he "is transferring his principal [sic] place of business out of the 

state of california [sic] in which he as a person he [sic] would be considered the business." (Id., at 

6.) Plaintiff claims that he is held "in unlawful custody" and seeks his release. ( Id., at 7.) Thus, 

since it appeared that Plaintiff may have intended to pursue habeas corpus relief rather than an 

action under §1983on February 7, 2014, an order issued giving Plaintiff thirty (30) days to show 

cause why this action should not be dismissed as barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 

(1994).

It is now more than a month since the order to show cause issued and Plaintiff has not 

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complied with or otherwise responded to the Court’s order. As a result, there is no pleading on 

file which sets forth any claims under 28 U.S.C. § 1983 upon which relief may be granted.

Accordingly, pursuant to Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), Plaintiff is barred from 

bringing this action under 28 U.S.C. § 1983 and this action is HEREBY DISMISSED, without

prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 1, 2014 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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