The following excerpt is from Kilgore v. Mandeville, (E.D. Cal. 2011):
alleged violation of plaintiff's constitutional rights and, if appropriate, injunctive relief limited to plaintiff's further treatment. Challenges to the fact of plaintiff's incarceration or to matters affecting the duration of his confinement are the province of habeas corpus. Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 500 (1973).
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