Latasha L. Childs v. Mindy Howard ( 2000 )


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  •                      United States Court of Appeals
    FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
    ___________
    No. 00-3783
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    Latasha L. Childs,                     *
    *
    Appellant,                  *
    * Appeal from the United States
    v.                               * District Court for the
    * Eastern District of Arkansas.
    Mindy Howard, Records, McPherson       *
    Unit, Wackenhut Correctional Facility, *      [UNPUBLISHED]
    *
    Appellee.                   *
    ___________
    Submitted: December 21, 2000
    Filed: December 21, 2000
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    Before BEAM, FAGG, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.
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    PER CURIAM.
    In this 
    42 U.S.C. § 1983
     action, Latasha L. Childs claimed her parole-eligibility
    date had passed and asked for an award of good time credit, her release, and damages.
    The district court1 dismissed her complaint, finding she could not challenge the fact or
    length of her confinement in this proceeding. Based on our review of the record, we
    1
    The HONORABLE STEPHEN M. REASONER, United States District Judge
    for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the
    HONORABLE H. DAVID YOUNG, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern
    District of Arkansas.
    affirm, but modify the dismissal to be without prejudice. See 8th Cir. R. 47B; Sheldon
    v. Hundley, 
    83 F.3d 231
    , 232-34 (8th Cir. 1996) (prisoner cannot use damages suit to
    avoid established procedures, like habeas corpus, for challenging lawfulness of fact or
    length of confinement).
    A true copy.
    Attest:
    CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 00-3783

Filed Date: 12/21/2000

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/13/2015