No. 21-7447

Peter Liounis v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process emotional-distress false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey intentional-tort preponderance-of-evidence reasonable-doubt
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the favorable termination requirement of Heck v. Humphrey must be satisfied in plaintiff's criminal case prior to filing a federal torts claim act complaint

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED WHETHER THE FAVORABLE TERMINATION REQUIREMENT OF HECK v. HUMPHREY, 512 U.S..477 (1994), MUST FIRST BE SATISFIED IN PLAINTIFF'S CRIMINAL CASE, EMPLOYING A REASONABLE DOUBT STANDARD, PRIOR TO FILING A FEDERAL TORTS CLAIM ACT COMPLAINT, WHICH ONLY EMPLOYS A PRE: PONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE STANDARD, ON A CLAIM FOR THE INTENTIONAL TORT OF FALSE ARREST AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND THE INTENTIONAL TORT OF EMOTIONAL DIS-~TRESS, WHEN NEITHER UNDERLINED INTENTIONAL TORT HAS A FAVORABLE TERMINATION ELEMENTS? | | | | : |

Docket Entries

2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-03-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 25, 2022)

Attorneys

Peter Liounis
Peter Liounis — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent