Douglas C. Lockrem, v Booth Gardner

967 F.2d 588 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Douglas C. LOCKREM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v Booth GARDNER, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-35665. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 18, 1992. Before FLETCHER, LEAVY and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Douglas C. Lockrem, a Washington state prisoner, appeals pro se the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action challenging a term of imprisonment imposed by the Washington Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB) after his parole was revoked. Lockrem contends that the district court erred by construing the section 1983 action as requesting habeas corpus relief and summarily denying it on the merits rather than staying it until he exhausted state remedies. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. 3 A writ of habeas corpus is the exclusive federal remedy for challenging the length of a state prison sentence; accordingly, a section 1983 action…