Addones Spencer v. Anthony Haynes

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• holding that “a habeas petition is not the proper claim to remedy” a conditions-of-confinement claim
• holding that habeas jurisdiction was lacking where petitioner did not seek a remedy that would result in earlier release
• holding that a federal habeas petition is not the proper claim to remedy an alleged Eighth Amendment violation
• holding that the only valid use of a writ of habeas corpus is to challenge the validity of one’s conviction or the length of one’s detention
• concluding that habeas jurisdiction was lacking because “Spencer does not challenge his conviction, nor does he seek a remedy that would result in an earlier release from prison”
• holding that a habeas petition is not a proper remedy for a condition-of-confinement claim

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