Gralla

(PC) Jones v. Gralla

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaNovember 3, 20222:22-cv-00449California1,014 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 KEVIN JONES JR., Case No. 2:22-cv-00449-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO PERPETUATE TESTIMONY

v. ECF No. 15 WENDY GRALLA, et al.,

SCREENING ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF:

Defendants. (1) STAND BY HIS COMPLAINT SUBJECT TO A

RECOMMENDATION OF

DISMISSAL (2) FILE AN AMENDED

COMPLAINT

18 ECF No. 13

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

21 22 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, alleges that defendants violated his rights by prolonging his sentence and failing to release him on the correct date. ECF No. 13 at 5-6. These allegations are non-cognizable in a section 1983 action insofar as succeeding in this suit would appear necessarily to result in an earlier release date; such claims must be brought in an action for habeas corpus relief. I will give plaintiff leave to amend so that he may either indicate his desire to convert this…

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