If a federal prisoner files a civil action seeking damages for allegedly unlawful conviction, can the entire action be dismissed?

Id. at 486-87. Therefore, "where a prisoner file[s] a civil suit seeking purely money damages related to an allegedly unlawful conviction," Heck bars the suit if awarding those damages "would undermine the validity of the underlying conviction," and the entire action must be dismissed. Washington v. Los Angeles Cty. Sheriff's Dep't, 833 F.3d 1048, 1057 (9th Cir. 2016) (citing Heck, 512 U.S. at 486-87, 489). Heck arose in the context of a state court conviction, but its rationale applies to federal convictions as well. See Martin v. Sias, 88 F.3d 774, 775 (9th Cir. 1996).

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