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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT JOSEPH CARRILLO, 

Plaintiff(s),

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THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, et

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Defendant(s). 

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No. C 06-3220 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

(Docs # 2 & 4)

Plaintiff, a state prisoner at Salinas Valley State Prison, has filed a pro se

civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 attacking the validity of two

convictions and sentences obtained from the Superior Court of the State of

California in and for the County of Monterey. 

Plaintiff’s action must be dismissed without prejudice because it is wellestablished that any claim by a prisoner attacking the fact or duration of his

confinement must be brought under the habeas sections of Title 28 of the United

States Code. See Calderon v. Ashmus, 523 U.S. 740, 747 (1998); Edwards v.

Balisok, 520 U.S. 641, 648 (1997); Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 500

(1973). Plaintiff's civil rights action seeking dismissal of his convictions and/or

release from prison is dismissed without prejudice to filing a petition for writ of
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habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See Trimble v. City of Santa Rosa, 49

F.3d 583, 586 (9th Cir. 1995). 

Plaintiff is advised that he must file a separate petition for a writ of habeas

corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and exhaust state judicial remedies, as to each

state conviction he wishes to challenge in federal court. See 28 U.S.C. §

2254(b)-(c). And to whatever extent plaintiff may wish to challenge the

conditions of his confinement, he must file a civil rights complaint under 42

U.S.C. § 1983 after exhausting all available administrative remedies. See 42

U.S.C. § 1997e(a). 

The clerk shall mail plaintiff a court-approved habeas petition form and a

court-approved prisoner civil rights complaint form, enter judgment in

accordance with this order, terminate all pending motions as moot (see, e.g., docs

# 2 & 4), and close the file. No fee is due.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 2, 2006 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge