McCann, Patrick J. v. Neilsen, Ken

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a claim is Heck-barred “if specific factual allegations in the complaint are necessarily inconsistent with the validity of the conviction”
• concluding that if a plaintiff “makes allegations that are inconsistent with the conviction’s having been valid, Heck kicks in and bars his civil suit.”
• holding that the district court erred by finding that the plaintiff pleaded facts contradicting his conviction, but accepting the legal premise that factual allegations can trigger the Heck bar
• holding that excessive force claim “is Heck-barred despite its theoretical compatibility with his underlying conviction if specific factual allegations in the complaint are necessarily inconsistent with the validity of the conviction”
• holding that excessive force claim “is Heck-barred despite its theoretical compatibility with his underlying conviction if specific factual allegations in the complaint are necessarily inconsistent with the validity of the conviction”
• holding that a claim was not Heck-barred where the plaintiff did not deny his assaultive and obstructive conduct but alleged that the deputy’s use of force in response was not reasonable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).