Connors v. Graves

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• concluding that challenge to voluntariness of guilty plea undermined plaintiff's conviction, and was therefore barred by Heck
• holding that claims of excessive force and unlawful seizure were barred by Heck
• reasoning that if the plaintiff “were to prevail on his unlawful seizure claim, he would necessarily undermine the validity of these convictions.”
• noting that a guilty plea is a conviction and reasoning that, if the plaintiff “were to prevail on his unlawful seizure claim, he would necessarily undermine the validity of these convictions.”
• dismissing under Heck where claimant “could not prevail . . . without undermining the validity of his criminal convictions”
• opting against further consideration of the defendants’ qualified-immunity arguments in light of Heck’s application

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