Legal Opinion
William McCurdy v. Sheriff of Madison County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 3, 1997No. 97-1609PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This is a suit under -42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Sheriff of Madison County, Indiana, complaining that by delaying the service of an arrest warrant for 20 months after it was issued by an Indiana state court the defendant made it more difficult for the plaintiff to put on an effective defense in the criminal prosecution growing out of the arrest, and in consequence the plaintiff was unjustly convicted. The district judge dismissed the suit on the authority of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). The dismissal was clearly correct, and the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Hafer v. MeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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