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Parties Involved:
Armando E. Herrera
Petitioner
People of the State of California
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ARMANDO E. HERRERA, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:14-cv-2939 KJM AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se on an application for writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has filed two letters with the court in which he requests 

unspecified relief because officers are violating his constitutional rights by (1) harassing him and 

threatening to transfer him to a prison where his enemies are located once the instant case has 

concluded, in retaliation for filing the instant petition and (2) putting him in danger by labeling 

him as a gang member and a snitch. ECF Nos. 32, 36. 

Petitioner is advised that claims concerning the conditions of his confinement and 

violations of his constitutional rights are properly raised in a civil rights complaint filed pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which provides a remedy for violations of civil rights by state actors. A 

habeas corpus petition is the correct method for a prisoner to challenge the “legality or duration” 

of his confinement. Badea v. Cox, 931 F.2d 573, 574 (9th Cir. 1991) (quoting Preiser v. 

Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 485 (1973); 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Therefore, petitioner must bring these 

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claims in a civil rights action after the inmate grievance process has been properly exhausted. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Petitioner’s requests for unspecified relief (ECF Nos. 32, 36) are denied. 

 2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner a copy of the prisoner complaint 

form used in this district. 

DATED: October 15, 2015 

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