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Ninth Circuit· 7/26/2016

Damous Nettles v. Randy Grounds

Citations

  • 830 F.3d 922
  • 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 13573
  • 2016 WL 4072465

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  • holding that claims falling outside of “the core of habeas corpus” may not be brought in a federal habeas corpus petition
  • holding that claims challenging disciplinary proceedings would not necessarily affect the length of time to be served and fell outside of habeas corpus review
  • holding that if a state prisoner’s claim would not necessarily lead to immediate or speedier 28 release, it may not be brought in habeas corpus but must be brought, if at all, under § 1983
  • holding that if a further 19 event (such as the outcome of a future parole hearing) could separately prevent an earlier 20 release from prison, the claim “falls outside of the core of habeas corpus.”
  • holding that if a 23 state prisoner’s claim would not necessarily lead to immediate or speedier release, it may not be 24 brought in habeas corpus but must be brought, if at all, under § 1983
  • holding that “habeas is available only for actions in the ‘core of habeas’” and challenges by state prisoners that do not contest “the fact or duration of the conviction or sentence” must be brought under § 1983

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Thomas, Fletcher, Berzon, Rawlinson, Clifton, Callahan, Ikuta, Smith, Murguia, Nguyen, Hurwitz

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