Does a prisoner have a cause of action under Section 1983 of the Federal Guidelines Guidelines for Confinement and/or equitable relief?
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The following excerpt is from Moran v. Dutra, Case No. 1:11 -cv-0914-LJO-M JS (E.D. Cal. 2013):
or equitable relief), no matter the target of the prisoner's suit (state conduct leading to conviction or internal prison proceedings) - if success in that action would necessarily demonstrate the invalidity of confinement or its duration." Id. at 81-2. Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 489 (1994) (until and unless favorable termination of the conviction or sentence occurs, no cause of action under 1983 exists).
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