Connors v. Graves

HAYNES, Circuit Judge:

Shawn Connors appeals an adverse summary judgment on his excessive force, unlawful seizure, and conspiracy claims against law enforcement officers Ben Smith and Brian Smith and the Livingston Parish Sheriffs Office through Sheriff Willie Graves. The district court determined that Connors could not pursue his claims against the defendants because they were entitled to qualified immunity. We affirm the district court’s judgment, but we do so on different grounds than did the district court. 1 We hold that Connors’s civil claims are barred under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S.…