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 u.
Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 483, 484, 487 (1994). The
question presented is whether a plaintiff satisfies the
favorable-termination requirement by showing that
his prosecution has "ended in a manner that affirmatively indicates his innocence," as seven circuits
require, or merely that the termination was "not inconsistent with innocence," as the Eleventh Circuit
held below.

Whether a plaintiff alleging malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 must show that the broader prosecution against him was terminated in a manner that affirmatively indicates his innocence, or merely that the termination was not inconsistent with innocence