ORDER
STEPHEN M. McNAMEE, Senior District Judge.
Petitioner Dale Maisano, who is confined in the Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence in Florence, Arizona, has abused the legal process egregiously and often. He is subject to a February 20, 2014 Injunction Order that enjoins him from filing or lodging more than one in forma pauperis lawsuit per month. See Doc. 4 in Maisano v. Clark, 14-CV-0001-TUC-RCC (D. Ariz. 2014).
Pursuant to the Injunction Order, to obtain leave to file, Petitioner must file a motion for leave to file captioned as an "Application Pursuant to Court Order Seeking Leave to File." In the Application, Petitioner must:
On March 25, 2015, Petitioner filed a Document (Doc. 1), which he states is a "Proper Habeas Corpus." He is wrong.
"Federal law opens two main avenues to relief on complaints related to imprisonment: a petition for habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and a complaint under . . . 42 U.S.C. § 1983." Muhammad v. Close, 540 U.S. 749, 750 (2004). Section 2254(a), 28 U.S.C., requires the Court to "entertain an application for a writ of habeas corpus [o]n behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States." Absent from Petitioner's Document is any statement that Petitioner is in custody in violation of the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. To the contrary, Petitioner's claim is based on his allegation that he has "been sep[a]rated from all property legal and otherwise" since October 2014 and, therefore, is being denied access to the courts. Petitioner's claim, therefore, relates to the conditions of his confinement.
If a prisoner is challenging the conditions of his confinement, rather than the validity or duration of the confinement, his remedy arises under the civil rights law, not habeas corpus. See Muhammad, 540 U.S. at 750. If a prisoner seeks civil rights relief by filing a habeas petition, he has mislabeled his case and is entitled to have his action treated as a claim for relief under civil rights law. Hansen v. May, 502 F.2d 728, 729-30 (9th Cir. 1974). Therefore, the Court will construe Petitioner's Document as a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Petitioner did not file an Application Pursuant to Court Order Seeking Leave to File, the required affidavit or certification, the list of previously filed cases, or any of the required orders. Petitioner, therefore, has failed to comply strictly with the court-mandated pre-filing requirements.
Moreover, even if Petitioner had complied with the court-mandated pre-filing requirements, the Court still would have dismissed the Document. Because Petitioner has "three strikes," the February 20, 2014 Injunction Order also requires that if Petitioner attempts to file an in forma pauperis lawsuit, any Complaint he files or lodges "must clearly, coherently, and credibly allege that Plaintiff is under imminent danger of serious physical injury." Petitioner's Document does not meet this requirement and does not make "a plausible allegation that the prisoner faced `imminent danger of serious physical injury' at the time of filing." Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1055 (9th Cir. 2007).
Thus, this action will be dismissed without prejudice.
(1) This case is
(2) The Clerk of Court is directed to change the information on the docket sheet to reflect that the Notice of Suit is "555 Prisoner: Prison Condition" and the Cause is "42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights."
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