favorable-termination
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-5881 | John Fakla v. Matthew Geist, Middlesex Borough Police Chief, Individually and in His Official Capacity, et al. | Third Circuit | 2025-10-15 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights favorable-termination heck-doctrine judicial-procedure malicious-prosecution section-1983 | 1. Whether the district court and court of appeals erred by applying Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), to bar petitioner's § 1983 malicious prose… |
| 23-5092 | Noel Brown v. Pennsylvania, et al. | Third Circuit | 2023-07-13 | Dismissed | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-rights due-process false-arrest favorable-termination habeas-corpus heck-v-humphrey judicial-procedure standing | 1. Does the substantial holding in case on point Heck v. Humphrey, and Amaker v. Weiner , because the suit may be reinstituted should plaintiff's con… |
| 21-1399 | Ali Al-Maqablh v. Crystal L. Heinz, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2022-05-02 | GVR | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process favorable-termination legal-remedy malicious-prosecution section-1983 sixth-circuit standing thompson-v-clark | After Respondents' prosecution of Petitioner terminated without a conviction, Petitioner brought a claim against them under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for malic… | |
| 21-7447 | Peter Liounis v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-03-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process emotional-distress false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey intentional-tort preponderance-of-evidence reasonable-doubt | WHETHER THE FAVORABLE TERMINATION REQUIREMENT OF HECK v. HUMPHREY, 512 U.S.-477 (1994), MUST FIRST BE SATISFIED IN PLAINTIFF'S CRIMINAL CASE, EMPLOY… |
| 21-7075 | Ian T. Cooke v. John R. Williams, et al. | Connecticut | 2022-02-08 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights criminal-plaintiffs favorable-termination heck-bar heck-v-humphrey justiciability legal-malpractice tort-action tort-actions | Does the justiciability bar articulated by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994) requiring criminal plaintiffs to favorably terminate their conviction… |
| 21-458 | L. Lee Whitnum v. Connecticut Office of the Chief State's Attorney, et al. | Second Circuit | 2021-09-27 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal due-process favorable-termination federal-jurisdiction legal-pleading procedural-error standing | Question not identified. |
| 20-1351 | Phillip W. Hurd, et al. v. Joy Laskar | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-03-25 | Denied | Relisted (2) | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey legal-termination malicious-prosecution section-1983 termination-of-prosecution | 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… |
| 20-734 | Brett Emmett Lloyd v. John Gerhard, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-11-27 | Denied | Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 anti-SLAPP civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process false-police-report favorable-termination malicious-prosecution standing summons | Within the State of Oregon, to effectively state a malicious prosecution claim, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a plaintiff must establish State law elements … |
| 20-711 | City of Fairbanks, Alaska, et al. v. Marvin Roberts, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-11-23 | Denied | Relisted (2) | 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights conviction-vacatur criminal-conviction due-process favorable-termination habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey section-1983 | In Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), this Court held that a plaintiff cannot bring a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for allegedly unconstitutional … |
| 20-659 | Larry Thompson v. Pagiel Clark, et al. | Second Circuit | 2020-11-13 | Judgment Issued | Amici (17)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exigent-circumstances favorable-termination fourth-amendment section-1983 standing warrantless-entry | I. Whether the rule that a plaintiff must await favorable termination before bringing a Section 1983 action alleging unreasonable seizure pursuant to … |
| 19-1360 | William Cannon, Sr., as Special Representative for Charles Cannon, et al. v. Johnnie Lee Savory | Seventh Circuit | 2020-06-11 | Denied | Amici (1) | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights custody favorable-termination habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey preclusion-doctrines section-1983 statute-of-limitations statutes-of-limitations | Heck v. Humphrey , 512 U.S. 477 (1994), held that, to prevent circumvention of habeas corpus's statutory exhaustion of state remedies requirement, a p… |
| 19-1076 | John L. Corrigan, Jr. v. City of Savage, Minnesota, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2020-03-02 | Denied | Response Waived | 1983-claim 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights custody due-process favorable-termination habeas habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey incarceration judicial-precedent section-1983 spencer-v-kemna standing | Whether the court below erroneously held, in conflict with the decisions of seven other circuits, that the favorable termination rule applies even if … |
| 19-928 | Kenneth Fernandez Johnson, Jr. v. Sadie Darnell, Sheriff, Alachua County, Florida, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-24 | Denied | Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights-statute due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution probable-cause | 1. Review whether my Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures was violated after I was falsely arrested, falsely i… |
| 19-6690 | Molly Ann Mahany v. City of Buffalo Police Department, et al. | Second Circuit | 2019-11-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process false-evidence favorable-termination section-1983 statute-of-limitations | Question 1: In a Section 1983 false-evidence claim, which involves the creation, use, and continued dissemination of fabricated evidence and upon whic… |
| 18-9530 | Terry Margheim v. Kenneth Buck, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2019-06-03 | Denied | IFP | favorable-termination fourth-amendment innocence legal-process malice probable-cause supreme-court-precedent unlawful-seizure | Are malice and favorable termination indicative of innocence, necessary elements to prove a violation of the Fourth Amendment? If the legal process i… |
| 18-7357 | David T. Frazier v. Stephen Crump, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2019-01-10 | Denied | IFP | 1983-suit civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,civil-procedure,standing, due-process equal-protection favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey pro-se-litigant section-1983 time-bar | (1). Is petitioners claims Time Barred Under The Favorable Termination Rule Founded under Heck V. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994) When he brought the 19… |
| 18-73 | Scott Carpenter v. Douglas Jordan | Sixth Circuit | 2018-07-16 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | 42-usc-1983 brady-violation brady-vs-maryland civil-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-vs-humphrey invalidation section-1983 statute-of-limitations wrongful-conviction | Does a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 wrongful conviction claim for unconstitutionally withholding exculpatory evidence "accrue" and thus the statute of limitations… |