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GRAHAM v. BROGLIN

No. 89-3201.

922 F.2d 379 (1991)

Gene Vontell GRAHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G. Michael BROGLIN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene V. Graham, Westville, Ind., pro se.

Kimberlie A. Forgey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

We write to clarify the relation between an action for habeas corpus (28 U.S.C. § 2254) and a civil rights action (42 U.S.C. § 1983) as vehicles by which state prisoners can challenge their confinement on federal constitutional grounds. After violating parole, Gene Graham was returned to an Indiana state prison to complete his sentence for robbery. He applied for work release but his application was denied because of a rule of the...

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