Clay Thomas v. Scott Eschen

STRAS, Circuit Judge.

Clay Thomas, an Iowa state prisoner, claims that prison officials violated his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they had him civilly committed and forcibly medicated. Because Thomas's wrongful-commitment claim "is not cognizable under [ 42 U.S.C.] § 1983," Heck v. Humphrey , 512 U.S. 477 , 487, 114 S.Ct. 2364 , 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994), and his forced-medication claim lacks evidentiary support, we affirm the district court's 1 grant of summary judgment dismissing both claims.

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Iowa prison officials successfully applied to have Thomas civilly committed in 2013. See…