Keith Hudson v. Yvonne L. Hughes, Attorney City of New Orleans Unidentified Parties District Attorney's Office Susan Richardson Maurice Landrieu

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• holding that allegations of excessive force and false arrest are not cognizable under Heck if a successful civil-rights claim would call into question the validity of the plaintiff’s conviction
• holding that allegations of excessive force and false arrest are not cognizable under the doctrine in Heck if a successful civil rights claim would call into question the validity of the plaintiff's conviction
• holding that allegations of excessive force and false arrest are not cognizable under the doctrine in Heck if a successful civil rights claim would call into question the validity of the plaintiff's conviction
• holding Heck barred prisoner’s § 1983 claim against officer for excessive force while apprehending the plaintiff where the plaintiff was convicted of battery of the officer during the course of the apprehension
• finding that, because self-defense is a justification defense available to the Louisiana criminal defendant charged with battery, plaintiff’s success on his claim for excessive force would necessarily imply the invalidity of his arrest and conviction
• proceeding to evaluate whether the version of events was consistent with the justification defense of self-defense

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