In what circumstances can a state prisoner bring a civil rights action under Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act?
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The following excerpt is from Williams v. Grannis, No. CIV S-09-1245 FCD GGH P (E.D. Cal. 2010):
In Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364 (1994), an Indiana state prisoner brought a civil rights action under 1983 for damages. Claiming that state and county officials violated his constitutional rights, he sought damages for improprieties in the
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