| 25-5881 |
John Fakla v. Matthew Geist, Middlesex Borough Police Chief, Individually and in His Official Capacity, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-10-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights favorable-termination heck-doctrine judicial-procedure malicious-prosecution section-1983 |
1. Whether the district court and court of appeals erred by applying Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), to bar petitioner's § 1983 malicious prose… |
| 25A263 |
Christopher J. Rahaim v. Bruce Bartlett, Individually and in His Official Capacity as State Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-09-04 |
Presumed Complete |
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actual-innocence civil-rights heck-doctrine judicial-review section-1983 wrongful-detention |
Question not identified. |
| 24A717 |
Gabriel Olivier v. City of Brandon, Mississippi, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-01-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
circuit-split constitutional-rights first-amendment heck-doctrine injunctive-relief section-1983 |
1. This case presents an important, recurring question that has divided circuits regarding the reach of this Court's decision in Heck v. Humphrey, 512… |
| 23-530 |
Terrence R. Yoast v. Pottstown Borough, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
|
excessive-bail false-arrest false-imprisonment fourth-amendment heck-doctrine malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity section-1983 warrantless-arrest warrantless-entry |
1. Under the Fourth Amendment's in-presence requirement, a police officer who conducts a warrantless arrest on a person accused of a misdemeanor, or l… |
| 23-429 |
Brett C. Kimberlin v. Department of Justice, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights dna-evidence fraud-based-discovery heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey official-corruption section-1983 statute-of-limitations |
I. Whether this case should be remanded for consideration in light of Reed v. Goertz, _ _U.S._ _ (April 19, 2023) to consider l) Petitioner 's 1983 ac… |
| 23-387 |
Taylor Carlisle, Individually and as Representative Member of a Class, et al. v. Joseph P. Lopinto, III, Sheriff, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights drug-court due-process habeas heck-doctrine over-detention preiser-doctrine qualified-immunity |
1. In the absence of judicial proceedings conducted on the record with due process, are the minute entries "orders" and are the sanctions within the c… |
| 23-319 |
Evelyn Newey v. Orange County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
1983-claims civil-rights decertification due-process heck-doctrine judicial-conduct judicial-policy law-enforcement police-accountability sb-2 |
Of legal and national significance, important to real-world impact in law and order decision making, is the Peace Officers Decertification process all… |
| 23-304 |
Thomas Neilsen v. John Kellner, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney, et al. |
Colorado |
2023-09-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
black-letter-law brady-rule civil-rights declaratory-relief due-process heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey mooney-v-holohan prosecutorial-misconduct section-1983 supreme-court-precedent |
In this case, Prosecutors for the 18th Judicial District in Colorado, acting as advocates for the State of Colorado convicted an innocent man by withh… |
| 23-186 |
Nevada Department of Corrections, et al. v. Philip Roy Galanti |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-rights civil-rights-claim custody ex-prisoner-plaintiff favorable-termination-rule habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey section-1983 |
Under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), a plaintiff asserting a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that questions the validity of his conviction or the… |
| 22-6298 |
Antoinne Lee Washington v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cause-of-action equitable-tolling failure-to-state-a-claim habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings heck-doctrine legal-malpractice statute-of-limitations |
1. May a legal malpractice cause of action be dismissed for a
failure to state a claim, in pursuant to the "Heck Doctrine"
(Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.… |
| 22-6044 |
Jerlard Derek Rembert v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
1983 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment federal-jurisdiction heck-doctrine section-1983 statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Where the Lower Court held a de novo determination that the 1983 complaint at issue, claiming constitutional violations, was plaintiffs failing to sho… |
| 22-376 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky Metropolitan Government, et al. v. Johnetta Carr |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-10-21 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-action conviction criminal-conviction due-process habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey pardon section-1983 |
In 1994, this Court held that an individual convicted of a crime may not bring a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim unless "the conviction or sentence has been re… |
| 22-366 |
County of Sonoma, California, et al. v. Gabbi Lemos |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights comity conviction excessive-force heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey judicial-preclusion section-1983 |
Does Heck's "necessarily imply" standard bar a § 1983 suit only if, as some circuit courts have held, success would "necessarily require" plaintiff to… |
| 22-183 |
Bryan Cowan, et al. v. Masa Nathaniel Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
1983-action civil-rights criminal-plea excessive-force heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey judicial-estoppel qualified-immunity section-1983 |
1. Plaintiff pled no contest to California Penal Code §69 prior to bringing this §1983 action against all three officers who were involved in his arre… |
| 22-64 |
Samuel Arrington v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process excessive-force false-arrest false-imprisonment habeas-corpus heck-doctrine plea-agreement |
1. Whether Heck applies to a former prisoner who was ineligible to challenge his subsequent conviction through federal habeas while he was incarcerate… |
| 21-1425 |
Darvin Castro Santos v. Craig White, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights correctional-officers due-process excessive-force heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey prison-disciplinary-proceedings prisoner-rights section-1983 |
Whether Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), may bar a prisoner's excessive-force claim against correctional officers for damages under § 1983 where… |
| 21-1362 |
Timothy Gray v. Craig White, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-22 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-rights correctional-officers due-process excessive-force heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey prison-disciplinary-proceedings prisoner-rights section-1983 |
Whether Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), may bar a prisoner's excessive-force claim against correctional officers for damages under § 1983 where… |
| 21-7447 |
Peter Liounis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process emotional-distress false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey intentional-tort preponderance-of-evidence reasonable-doubt |
WHETHER THE FAVORABLE TERMINATION REQUIREMENT OF
HECK v. HUMPHREY, 512 U.S.-477 (1994), MUST FIRST BE
SATISFIED IN PLAINTIFF'S CRIMINAL CASE, EMPLOY… |
| 21-5469 |
Ziahonna Teagan v. City of McDonough, Georgia |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process heck-doctrine judicial-authority judicial-power municipal-liability policy-practice-procedure-custom section-1983 state-law state-law-offense |
Can a Georgia Municipality be held liable for an official, agent, or entity actions that makes a deliberate choice to follow an internal official poli… |
| 20-1351 |
Phillip W. Hurd, et al. v. Joy Laskar |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey legal-termination malicious-prosecution section-1983 termination-of-prosecution |
A plaintiff alleging malicious prosecution under
42 U.S.C. § 1983 must show that the broader prosecution against him was terminated in his favor. Heck… |
| 20-711 |
City of Fairbanks, Alaska, et al. v. Marvin Roberts, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights conviction-vacatur criminal-conviction due-process favorable-termination habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey section-1983 |
In Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), this Court held that a plaintiff cannot bring a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for allegedly unconstitutional … |
| 20-372 |
Richard Louis Arnold Phillips v. Kevin Chappell, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights conviction-challenge due-process heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey partial-reversal section-1983 standing |
Is a plaintiff 'Heck barred' from seeking §1983 relief, when his conviction is partially reversed — thus vacating the only sentence imposed — but part… |
| 19-1380 |
Terry Lynn Olson v. Janis Amatuzio, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-06-16 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey incarceration incarceration-challenge section-1983 |
Whether a petitioner who has no available remedy in habeas, through no lack of diligence on his part, is barred by Heck from pursuing a Section 1983 c… |
| 19-1360 |
William Cannon, Sr., as Special Representative for Charles Cannon, et al. v. Johnnie Lee Savory |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-11 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights custody favorable-termination habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey preclusion-doctrines section-1983 statute-of-limitations statutes-of-limitations |
Heck v. Humphrey , 512 U.S. 477 (1994), held that,
to prevent circumvention of habeas corpus's statutory
exhaustion of state remedies requirement, a p… |
| 19-8511 |
Herbert W. Morrison, Jr. v. Andrew J. Hale |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-05-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-action collateral-estoppel fourth-amendment heck-doctrine Heck-v-Humphrey illegal-search-and-seizure qualified-immunity section-1983 |
Whether a 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil rights action based on Fourth Amendment illegal search and seizure claims are barred under the Doctrine of Heck v. Hum… |
| 19-1076 |
John L. Corrigan, Jr. v. City of Savage, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-03-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
1983-claim 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights custody due-process favorable-termination habeas habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey incarceration judicial-precedent section-1983 spencer-v-kemna standing |
Whether the court below erroneously held, in conflict with the decisions of seven other circuits, that the favorable termination rule applies even if … |
| 19-7634 |
Aimee Hankins v. Tim Lowe |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey judicial-remedy section-1983 state-federal-proceedings unlawful-detention |
When habeous corpus relief is unavailable to an inmate or parolee who has been held beyond their lawful release or termination date, does this Court's… |
| 19-7233 |
Jameice Nash v. James Kenney, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Article III-right civil-rights due-process federalism Heck-doctrine Prison Litigation Reform Act prison-litigation-reform-act prosecutorial-immunity Racially-tainted procedural-violations Sovereign state-police powers sovereign-immunity statute-of-limitations Tenth Amendment-principles Tenth Amendment-rights tenth-amendment |
i. Procedurally, did the lower courts violate Petitioner's Fifth Amendment Due Process rights and Tenth Amendment rights by adhering to procedures/ su… |
| 19-756 |
Louis Taylor v. Pima County, Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-damages due-process habeas-corpus heck-doctrine plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-imprisonment wrongful-incarceration |
In Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), this Court held that federal habeas corpus is the sole avenue by which a "state prisoner" may bring a claim … |
| 19-6324 |
Taeng Yang v. Michael McNeill, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights conviction-vacatur due-process heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey leave-to-amend section-1983 statute-of-limitations wallace-v-kato |
1. "Whether Yang's § 1983 claims begins to accrue on the date his conviction was "vacated and overturned" in light of Heck U. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, … |
| 19-321 |
James Mills v. City of Covina, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey legal-tolling plaintiff-rights section-356 standing statute-of-limitations |
Does section 356 of the California Civil Procedure Code, which tolls a statute of limitations during any period that a plaintiff is legally prevented … |
| 19-266 |
Seantrey Morris v. Joseph Mekdessie, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-attack due-process heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey judicial-estoppel pretrial-diversion section-1983 |
This Court held in Heck v. Humphrey that a plaintiff cannot bring a § 1983 claim based on "actions whose unlawfulness would render a [prior] convictio… |
| 18-9122 |
Don Nell Hawkins v. Patricia A. Gaughan |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244 access-to-courts appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights denial-of-access due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey judicial-procedure section-2255 standing subject-matter-jurisdiction successive-2255-motion |
Whether the doctrine of Heck v. Humphrey applies to denial of access to court claims? |
| 18-1013 |
Edward Winstead, et al. v. Anthony Johnson |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-05 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
accrual accrual-rules circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-trial due-process heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey section-1983 self-incrimination self-incrimination-claims wallace-v-kato |
Whether the Seventh Circuit's holding that accrual of self-incrimination claims based on statements used at a criminal trial is deferred under Heck v.… |
| 18-7742 |
Luis A. Serna v. County of Hennepin, Minnesota |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-commitment civil-rights due-process foucha-v-louisiana future-dangerous-behavior heck-doctrine kingsley-v-hendrickson presumption-of-innocence section-1983 speculation state-speculation |
Is the 'Petitioner' entitled to [a] defense of [the] 'presumption of innocence' upon a State's assertion of 'future dangerous behavior' via pure 'spec… |
| 18-7357 |
David T. Frazier v. Stephen Crump, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
1983-suit civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,civil-procedure,standing, due-process equal-protection favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey pro-se-litigant section-1983 time-bar |
Is petitioners claims Time Barred Under The Favorable Termination Rule Founded under Heck V. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994) When he brought the 1983 su… |
| 18-7221 |
Kevin Abdul Gilbert v. Washington Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 assault-and-battery circuit-split civil-rights civil-rights-litigation constitutional-claims constitutional-grounds due-process heck-doctrine section-1983 unlawful-arrest unlawful-imprisonment |
Whether the Ninth Circuit of Appeals erred in affirming the Western U.S. District Court's ruling barring the Petitioner's 42 U.S.C. §1983 claims |
| 18-73 |
Scott Carpenter v. Douglas Jordan |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 brady-violation brady-vs-maryland civil-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-vs-humphrey invalidation section-1983 statute-of-limitations wrongful-conviction |
Does a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 wrongful conviction claim for unconstitutionally withholding exculpatory evidence accrue when a conviction is invalidated or w… |