Green v. Chvala

ORDER

Steven Green sued the Dane County Sheriffs Department, the Madison Police Department, and several of their police officers for excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court concluded that Green’s principal claims against Officers Bradley Schroeder and Steven Chvala were barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). The court relied on his conviction for recklessly endangering safety, Wis. Stat. § 941.30(2), which stemmed from the same course of events underlying his civil *459suit. We conclude, however, that…