Is a civil rights action a proper mechanism for a prisoner seeking to challenge the conditions of his confinement?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Davis v. CDCR, No. 2:14-cv-2737 DAD P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
1. A civil rights action is the proper mechanism for a prisoner seeking to challenge the conditions of his confinement. See 42 U.S.C. 1983; Badea v. Cox, 931 F.2d 573, 574 (9th Cir. 1991).
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