Fernandez

(PC) Broadnax v. Fernandez

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaSeptember 23, 20221:22-cv-01223California327 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 COTTRELL BROADNAX, Case No. 22-cv-04363-JSW

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF TRANSFER AND OF

v. PARTIAL DISMISSAL

KATHERINE FERNANDEZ, et al., Defendants.

Plaintiff, a California prisoner at Kern Valley State Prison proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He claims that his sentence from Alameda County Superior Court is unlawful. He also claims that disciplinary proceedings at his prison are unlawful. Defendants are also located at Kern Valley State Prison. Plaintiff’s claim regarding his unlawful sentence may not be brought in a civil rights complaint. See Skinner v. Switzer, 562 U.S. 521, 533-34 (2011). He must bring such a claim in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Id. Accordingly, this claim is DISMISSED without prejudice to raising in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The venue for Plaintiff’s claim challenging disciplinary proceedings at Kern Valley State Prison is…

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