heck-doctrine

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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 actual-innocence civil-rights heck-doctrine judicial-review section-1983 wrongful-detention Whether a state court's dismissal of a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 based on the Heck doctrine improperly prevents an actually innocent …
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 Whether Heck v. Humphrey precludes a § 1983 plaintiff from seeking prospective injunctive relief challenging a law under which they were previously co…
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 Fourth-Amendment-in-presence-requirement
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 Whether Heck v. Humphrey bars a civil rights suit against officials who corruptly concealed evidence until time for appeal expired
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 Whether minute entries documenting incarceration without judicial proceedings are 'orders' and 'convictions or sentences' under Heck and Preiser
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 Should police be held accountable for decisions under all circumstances?
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 Does 'Heck' or any other procedural issue bar a section 1983 petition asking for declaratory and injunctive relief when a prosecutor defiantly fails t…
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 Is there an exception to the Heck v. Humphrey rule for plaintiffs who are no longer in custody?
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 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.S. 47…
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 Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's 1983 civil-rights complaint for failure to show cause as to why the court should not dismi…
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 May a convicted offender, subsequently pardoned, bring a § 1983 action where the pardon fails to expunge the underlying criminal conviction or call it…
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 success would 'necessarily require' plaintiff to negate the underlying conviction, …
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 Whether a §1983 claim is barred under Heck when the plaintiff must disprove part of the factual basis for his criminal conviction to succeed
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 Whether Heck applies to a former prisoner who was ineligible to challenge his subsequent conviction through federal habeas
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 bars a prisoner's excessive-force claim against correctional officers for damages under § 1983 where the claim does not direc…
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 bars a prisoner's excessive-force claim against correctional officers for damages under § 1983 where the claim does not direc…
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 must be satisfied in plaintiff's criminal case prior to filing a federal torts claim…
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 Whether a plaintiff alleging malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 must show that the broader prosecution against him was terminated in a manne…
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 Whether vacatur of a conviction by settlement qualifies as a favorable termination under Heck v. Humphrey when the vacatur was merely the ministerial …
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 Does a plaintiff remain 'Heck barred' from seeking §1983 relief when their conviction is partially reversed, vacating the only sentence imposed, but p…
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 Does the limitations period for a §1983 claim that necessarily implicates a criminal conviction accrue when a prisoner is released from custody, as fo…
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 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil-rights claims based on 4th-amendment illegal-search-and-seizure are barred under Heck-v-Humphrey, collateral-estoppel, o…
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 that the favorable termination rule applies even if an individual is no longer incarcerated, and therefore in…
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 Did the lower courts violate Petitioner's Fifth Amendment due process rights and Tenth Amendment rights
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 Whether Heck applies to a former prisoner who lacked an opportunity to challenge his conviction through federal habeas while incarcerated
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 Whether Yang's § 1983 claims begins to accrue on the date his conviction was 'vacated and overturned' in light of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-…
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 Whether Heck v. Humphrey bars a § 1983 claim when criminal charges were dismissed through a pretrial diversion program
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…