Herbert M. Crawford v. Griffin Bell, Attorney General of the United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a challenge to allegedly cruel and unusual prison conditions could not be brought via habeas
• reiterating that “the writ of habeas corpus is limited to attacks upon the legality or duration of confinement”
• explaining that “the writ of habeas corpus is limited to attacks upon the legality 22 or duration of confinement”
• affirming dismissal of habeas petition on basis that 8 challenges to terms and conditions of confinement must be brought in civil rights 9 complaint
• affirming dismissal of habeas petition on basis that challenges to terms and conditions of confinement must be brought in civil rights complaint
• affirming dismissal of habeas petition on basis that 19 challenges to terms and conditions of confinement must be brought in civil rights 20 complaint

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).