(PC) Talamantes v. Merced County Jail
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JEFFREY TALAMANTES, 1:20-cv-01643-DAD-GSA-PC
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
REQUEST FOR RELEASE FROM
vs. CUSTODY AND FOR INFORMATION (ECF No. 11.) MERCED COUNTY JAIL, et al.,
Defendants.
16 I. BACKGROUND Jeffrey Talamantes (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on November 18, 2020. (ECF No. 1.) The Complaint awaits the court’s requisite screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. On June 3, 2021, Plaintiff filed a request to be released from custody, request for information, and request for relief. II. RELEASE FROM CUSTODY Plaintiff requests to be released from custody. Such relief is not available in this § 1983 action. “[W]hen a state prisoner is challenging the very fact or duration of his physical imprisonment, and the relief he seeks…