United States Fifth Circuit

Dismissal of an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 complaint against several county officials alleging improper destruction of blood evidence that was used to convict him of involuntary manslaughter is affirmed where Heck v. Humphrey barred all of plaintiff's claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/12/2006
• Published 04/13/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before GARWOOD, HIGGINBOTHAM and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James M. Murphy, Dallas, TX, for Penley., Seth Byron Dennis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Collin Cty., TX, Sandoval and O'Connell., Robert Jacob Davis, Matthews, Carlton, Stein, Shiels, Pearce, Dunn & Knott, Dallas, TX, for Renfro and Roach.