Is a prisoner entitled to damages or equitable relief in the context of a claim for wrongful imprisonment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Klein v. Miller, Case No. 1:15-cv-00742 DAD DLB PC (E.D. Cal. 2016):
relief sought (damages 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." Wilkinson v. Dotson, 544 U.S. 74, 81-2, 125 S.Ct. 1242, 1248 (2005).
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