Three Appellant law enforcement officers challenge the district court’s denial of their motion to dismiss — on the basis of qualified immunity — a civil rights suit filed by Appellee Ernest Montgomery. Montgomery alleges the use of unconstitutionally excessive force when he was arrested after he left the scene of an auto accident. 1 We have carefully reviewed the officers’ contentions in light of the oral argument, briefs and the record. Having done so, we are unable to determine, on the sketchy state of the pleadings on both sides, whether Appellee’s claim is barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994), or by principles of qualified immunity, which give the benefit of the doubt to a law enforcement officer’s reasonable use of force unless no reasonable officer in the same position could have so acted. See Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 396-97, 109 S.Ct. 1865, 104 L.Ed.2d 443 (1989); Brown v. Callahan, 623 F.3d 249, 253 (5th Cir. 2010). Our *868 decision is without prejudice to Appellants’ right to re-urge their defenses following further development of the case as the district court sees fit, possibly including limited discovery pertaining to qualified immunity or a summary judgment ruling based on affidavits.

APPEAL DISMISSED.