United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for police officer defendant in a civil rights case alleging excessive force is reversed where the district court erred in applying the bar of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994) to defendant's claims since plaintiff's claim did not necessarily imply the invalidity of plaintiff's conviction for resisting arrest.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/26/2005
• Decided 01/13/2006
• Published 01/13/2006

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and EVANS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert D. King (argued), Davidson & King, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth Collier-Magar (argued), Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.