Carrillo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 PAUL ZARAGOZA, Case No. 1:19-cv-01752-NONE-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CLAIMS

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED AS BARRED

v. BY THE FAVORABLE-TERMINATION

RULE

D. CARRILLO, et al.

FORTY-FIVE-DAY DEADLINE

Defendants. 15 Plaintiff Paul Zaragoza is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action. Plaintiff argues that prison officials filed a false rules-violation report against him, leading to worse housing and a loss of good-time credits. ECF No. 1 at 3. He requests money damages. Id. at 6. Habeas relief (or a similar action) is the exclusive remedy for a prisoner challenging the fact or duration of his confinement. See Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 481 (1994). Even if plaintiff wishes to obtain relief other than a reduction in his sentence—relief that might properly be channeled through a civil rights complaint rather than a habeas petition—plaintiff would first need to show…