Vasquez Arroyo v. Starks

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Martin Vasquez Arroyo, proceeding in forma pauperis, filed two pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. He *1093alleged that in two separate incidents Kansas state authorities falsely arrested him and filed falsified pre-trial diversion agreements containing his forged signatures.1 The district court dismissed the claims against the arresting officers without prejudice, holding that Mr. Vasquez’s § 1983 claims were barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). In one of the actions,…