Legal Opinion

Tyson v. New Haven

District Court, D. Connecticut

Decided May 10, 2022No. 3:21-cv-00326Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT DESHAWN TYSON, : Plaintiff, : : v. : Case No. 3:21-cv-326 (JAM) : CITY OF NEW HAVEN, et al., : Defendants. : ORDER OF DISMISSAL Plaintiff Deshawn Tyson is a prisoner of the Connecticut Department of Correction. He has filed a complaint alleging violations of his federal civil rights in connection with his arrest and prosecution for sexual assault. Because it appears that Tyson’s claims necessarily imply the invalidity of his convictions and ongoing imprisonment, I conclude that they are primarily foreclosed under the rule of Heck v.…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. Tracy v. FreshwaterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
  5. Skinner v. SwitzerSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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