Arvie v. Broussard

The district court dismissed, as time-barred, Hubert Arvie’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 state prisoner’s suit that claims the defendants conspired to convict him wrongly. On January 11, 1994, in an unpublished order, we retained jurisdiction but remanded in order that the district court might make certain findings. The district court, with the assistance of the magistrate judge, has responded with those findings.

Subsequent easelaw, however, has rendered the findings moot in this case. Under Heck v. Humphrey, — U.S. -, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994), and our opinions construing it, e.g., Boyd v.…