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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARK WAYNE SPRINKLE, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

LEON ROBINSON , 

Defendant.

No. 2:02-cv-1563-JAM-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C § 1983. Pursuant to the order of the district judge dated November 10, 2014 (ECF No. 

157), the parties are directed to file briefs within 30 days of the date of this order addressing 

whether plaintiff may recover money damages premised on a finding that his state habeas petition 

would have been granted absent defendants’ unconstitutional conduct or whether such damages 

are barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). The parties should include in their briefs 

a discussion of whether a habeas corpus remedy remains available to plaintiff and the 

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consequences if it does not. ECF No. 157 at 4 n.4 (citing Guerrero v. Gates, 442 F.3d 697, 704-

05 (9th Cir. 2006); Cunningham v. Gates, 312 F.3d 1148, 1153 n.3 (9th Cir. 2002); and Hoard v. 

Reddy, 175 F.3d 531, 533 (7th Cir.1999)). 

So ordered.

DATED: March 5, 2015. 

 

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