Timothy Bludworth v. City of Stockton

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Timothy Bludworth v. City of Stockton, 586 F. App'x 387 (9th Cir. 2014)

Timothy Bludworth v. City of Stockton

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Timothy Lee Bludworth appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action related to his criminal conviction. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Bludworth’s action as Heck-barred because success on Bludworth’s claims would necessarily imply the invalidity of his conviction. See Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994) (holding that, “in order to recover damages for an allegedly unconstitutional conviction or imprisonment, or for other harm caused by actions whose unlawfulness would render a conviction or sentence invalid,” a plaintiff must prove “that the conviction or sentence has been reversed on direct appeal, expunged by executive order, declared invalid by a state tribunal authorized to make such determination, or called into question by a federal court’s issuance of a writ of habeas corpus”).

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Reference

Full Case Name
Timothy Lee BLUDWORTH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF STOCKTON; Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Status
Unpublished