Case Name: Mark Anthony JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edmund G. BROWN, Jr., Governor; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-12-04
Citations: 586 F. App'x 384
Docket Number: No. 14-15035
Parties: Mark Anthony JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edmund G. BROWN, Jr., Governor; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, FISHER, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 586
Pages: 384–385

Head Matter:
Mark Anthony JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edmund G. BROWN, Jr., Governor; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-15035.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 18, 2014.
Filed Dec. 4, 2014.
Mark Anthony Jones, Crescent City, CA, pro se.
Before: LEAVY, FISHER, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Mark Anthony Jones appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that Jones is eligible for re-sentencing under Proposition 36 and that Cal.Penal Code § 1170.126 is unconstitutional. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, Hamilton v. Brown, 630 F.3d 889, 892 (9th Cir.2011), and we'affirm.
The district court properly dismissed without prejudice Jones' action seeking in-junctive and declaratory relief because it challenged the fact and duration of his state criminal sentence. See Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 488-89, 93 S.Ct. 1827, 36 L.Ed.2d 439 (1973) (habeas corpus is the exclusive remedy for a state prisoner who challenges the fact or duration of his confinement and seeks immediate or speedier release, even though such a claim may come within the literal terms of § 1983).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.