What is the legal test for habeas corpus relief?
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The following excerpt is from Guevara v. Superior Court Cnty. of San Mateo, Case No. 1:18-cv-00871-DAD-BAM (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2020):
habeas corpus. It has long been established that state prisoners cannot challenge the fact or duration of their confinement in a section 1983 action and their sole remedy lies in habeas corpus relief. Wilkinson v. Dotson, 544 U.S. 74, 78 (2005).
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