Long v. Atlantic City Police Department

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Heck barred a claim that “defendants conspired to obtain a capital murder conviction against [plaintiff]” including by committing perjury and fabricating evidence
• recognizing that delay by prison authorities in delivering mail to a prisoner may toll the time for filing the notice of appeal in a criminal case
• stating that this Court has “jurisdiction to review a timely appealed order disposing of an untimely motion for reconsideration”
• noting that we review “whether the District Court’s denial of reconsideration constitutes an abuse of discretion”
• observing that this Court has “jurisdiction to review a timely appealed order 1 The District Court had subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331. 3 disposing of an untimely motion for reconsideration”
• stating that “our review of the order denying reconsideration is subject to a more deferential and circumscribed standard of review than would apply if we also were to have jurisdiction to consider the underlying dismissal order”

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