Legal Opinion
Kirk Dixon v. Nathan S. Pollock
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 23, 2018No. 16-15040PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Per curiam
Kirk Dixon, a Florida prisoner proceeding pro se , appeals from the District Court's grant of a motion to dismiss his civil rights complaint (filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Heck v. Humphrey , 512 U.S. 477 , 114 S.Ct. 2364 , 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). The Heck rule, as extended by Edwards v. Balisok , strips a district court of jurisdiction in a § 1983 suit brought by an imprisoned plaintiff "if 'a judgment in favor of the plaintiff would necessarily imply the invalidity' " of a punishment that "deprive[d] him of good-time credits," also…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Edwards v. BalisokSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Timson v. SampsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- Ralphael Okoro v. William CallaghanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- McCann, Patrick J. v. Neilsen, KenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Thomas Bruce Henley v. Todd PayneCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019
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