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Heck Vs. Humphrey

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 18, 1994

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  15. U.S. 477 (1994) October Term, 1993 Syllabus Heck V. Humphrey
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  16. inquiry, see Carey v. Piphus
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  17. allegation and proof of termination of the prior criminal proceeding in favor of the accused, see, e. g., Carpenter v. Nutter
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  18. and has been disinclined to expand opportunities for collateral attack on criminal convictions, see, e. g., Parke v. Raley
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  19. the Seventh Circuit was pending, the Indiana Supreme Court upheld his conviction and sentence on direct appeal, Heck v. State
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  20. Patsy v. Board
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  21. actions is a matter of state law. See Migra v. Warren
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  22. contrast, requires that state prisoners first seek redress in a state forum.3 See Rose v. Lundy
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  23. U. S. 509 (1982). Preiser v. Rodriguez
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  24. Before addressing that question, we respond to petitioner's contention that it has already been answered, in Wolff v. McDonnell
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  25. if Wolff had answered the question we would not have expressly reserved it 10 years later, as we did in Tower v. Glover
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  26. in Wolff did not call into question the lawfulness of the plaintiff's continuing confinement. See Fulford v. Klein
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  27. Memphis Community School Dist. v. Stachura
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  28. Id., at 887-888 (footnotes omitted). See also Roberts v. Thomas
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  29. Carpenter v. Nutter
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  30. for finality and consistency and has generally declined to expand opportunities for collateral attack, see Parke v. Raley
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  31. Rooker v. Fidelity
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  32. the prior proceeding was without probable cause. But this was not an absolute rule in all jurisdictions, see Goodrich v. Warner
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  33. Richter v. Koster
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  34. must be exceptions to the rule in cases involving circumstances such as fraud, perjury, or mistake of law, see Burt v. Place
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  35. Witham v. Gowen
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  36. Olson v. Neal
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  37. Neher v. Dobbs
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  38. Neb. 863, 868, 66 N. W. 864, 865 (1896) (collecting cases). In Crescent City Live Stock Co. v. Butchers'
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  39. but some extortionate perversion of lawfully initiated process to illegitimate ends. See, e. g., Donohoe Const. Co. v. Mount
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  40. in an action for abuse of process than in one for malicious prosecution. This limitation is illustrated by McGann v. Allen
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  41. a peace officer from effecting a lawful arrest. (This is a common definition of that offense. See People v. Peacock
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  42. s still-outstanding conviction. Because of doctrines like independent source and inevitable discovery, see Murray v. United
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  43. States, 487 U. S. 533 , 539 (1988), and especially harmless error, see Arizona v. Fulminante
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  44. that the search was unlawful, but that it caused him actual, compensable injury, see Memphis Community School Dist. v. Stachura
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  45. action. See Montana v. United
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  46. an issue that also could be grounds for relief in a state-court challenge to his conviction or sentence. Cf. Tower v. Glover
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  47. actions, see Board of Regents of Univ. of State of N. Y. v. Tomanio
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  48. Carnes v. Atkins
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  49. courts can, and indeed should, be guided by the federal policies reflected in congressional enactments. Cf. Moragne v. States
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  50. Marine Lines, Inc., 398 U. S. 375 , 390-391 (1970). See also United States v. Mendoza
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