Corcoran v. Bucher

ORDER

Brian P. Corcoran brought this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a deprivation of his constitutional rights stemming from his state-court conviction. The district court dismissed Corcoran’s complaint for failure to state a claim. We affirm.

In February 1993 a state court jury convicted Corcoran under a Wisconsin statute that criminalizes the willful destruction of computer data. Wis. Stat. § 943.70(2)(a)2. Corcoran challenged his conviction on appeal by arguing that federal copyright law preempted the state statute. The Wisconsin appellate court upheld the conviction, State v.…