Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOSE ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ, Case No. 20-cv-01946-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

v.

MIGUEL LUIS ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 Plaintiff, an inmate at Coalinga State Hospital, has filed the instant pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint is hard to follow, but plaintiff appears to be arguing that his conviction is invalid because he did not commit the crime and that he has been discriminated against while housed at Coalinga State Hospital. This action will be DISMISSED without prejudice for the following reasons. First, to the extent that plaintiff is seeking to challenge a state court conviction, he is advised that “‘[c]hallenges to the validity of [his] confinement. . . [is] the province of habeas corpus.’” Hill v. McDonough, 547 U.S. 573, 579 (2006) (quoting Muhammad v. Close, 540 U.S. 749, 750 (2004)). Habeas is the “exclusive remedy” for the prisoner who seeks “‘immediate or speedier…