Alan R. Dohner v. W.H. Seifert

5 F.3d 535 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Alan R. DOHNER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W.H. SEIFERT, Respondent-Appellee. No. 92-55899. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 11, 1993. * Decided Sept. 22, 1993. Before: KOZINSKI, SILER, ** and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 Pro se petitioner Alan R. Dohner appeals the dismissal of his habeas corpus petition. Dohner filed a habeas petition alleging that in-cell plumbing problems at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles ("MDC") violated his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court dismissed the petition without prejudice, holding that a writ of habeas corpus cannot be used to attack conditions of confinement. 3 "[T]he writ of habeas corpus is limited to attacks upon the legality or duration of confinement." Crawford v. Bell, 599 F.2d 890, 891 (9th Cir.1979) (citing Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 484-86 (1973)). Furthermore, Mead v. Parker, 464 F.2d 1108…