Dixon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARK LYDELL DIXON, V96657, Case No. 21-cv-03350-CRB (PR)

Petitioner, ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR

A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND

DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF

WARDEN, APPEALABILITY Respondent.

I. Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at the California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the decision of CMF medical officials to involuntarily medicate him. II. Federal law opens two main avenues to relief on claims related to imprisonment: a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and a complaint for violation of federal civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Hill v. McDonough, 547 U.S. 573, 579 (2006). Habeas is the “exclusive remedy” for the prisoner who seeks “immediate or speedier release from…