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authority type
case
jurisdiction
federal_nationwide
publication status
published_united_states_reports
precedential status
binding
decision or issuance date
2005-03-07
subsequent history
Current habeas-versus-§ 1983 boundary opinion.
negative treatment status
No overruling identified in official-primary-source review through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
material limitations
Does not create or validate a Bivens or other cause of action against federal actors.

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Linked modules

Wilkinson v. Dotson

Holding used

State-prisoner § 1983 procedural challenges lie outside habeas's core when success would not necessarily produce immediate or speedier release, as where the remedy is a new discretionary parole review.

Material limitations

The decision does not create or validate a Bivens or other cause of action against federal actors. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run.

Official source and pinpoint

United States Reports, 544 U.S. 81–82: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-544/pdf/USREPORTS-544-74.pdf