Legal Opinion
Woodruff v. Everett
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 23, 2002No. 01-8087PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, state prisoners appearing pro se, seek a certificate of appealability in order to challenge the district court’s dismissal of their petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1 The district court dismissed'the petition without prejudice on grounds that challenges to conditions of confinement may only be brought as a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For the reasons stated below, we deny the request *245for a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal.
Plaintiffs’ complaint arises out of alleged…
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- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Porter v. NussleSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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