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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 SCOTT RICHARD PRICE, No. 2:21-cv-2346-EFB P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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UNKNOWN, Respondent. 14 Petitioner is a county jail inmate without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition does not challenge petitioner’s underlying conviction. Instead, it “concerns conditions of confinement that occurred on the date of [ ] 05/04/21.” ECF No. 1 at 5. As discussed below, the petition must be dismissed. See Rule 4, Rules Governing § 2254 Cases (requiring summary dismissal of habeas petition if, upon initial review by a judge, it plainly appears “that the petitioner is not entitled to relief in the district court”). Federal courts offer two main avenues to relief on complaints related to one’s imprisonment – a petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Challenges to the validity of one’s…