No. 21-810
Luis Lorenzo Vargas v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al.
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-civil-litigation federal-civil-procedure heck-v-humphrey mcdononugh-v-smith preclusion preclusive-effect section-1983 state-criminal-conviction vacated-judgment
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
SocialSecurity DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a wrongful state criminal conviction retains preclusive effect in a later federal action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the constitutionality of that state conviction when the federal suit is filed after the state conviction has been vacated.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a wrongful state criminal conviction retains preclusive effect in a later federal action under 42-U.S.C-§1983 challenging the constitutionality of that state conviction when the federal suit is filed after the state conviction has been vacated
Docket Entries
2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2021-11-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 3, 2022)
Attorneys
Luis Lorenzo Vargas
Steven Edwards Art — Loevy & Loevy, Petitioner