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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JAMES CARL KELLY, Case No. 25-cv-03248-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING MATTER

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE

GALVAN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants.

12 Petitioner James Carl Kelly filed the instant action in the Eastern District of California on March 5, 2025, as a habeas corpus petition. ECF No. 1. The matter was subsequently transferred to this district. ECF No. 7. For the reasons set forth below, this action is DISMISSED without prejudice. I. DISCUSSION Petitioner is a state prisoner currently confined at Kern Valley State Prison. He seeks relief for claims related to his healthcare and access to the prison law library. ECF No. 1 at 3-4. “‘Federal law opens two main avenues to relief on complaints related to imprisonment: a petition for habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and a complaint under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, . . . 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Challenges to the lawfulness of confinement or to particulars affecting its …