What is the test for a claim for damages arising from an unconstitutional disciplinary hearing or conviction?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Willis v. Beard, No. 2:14-cv-0573 AC (E.D. Cal. 2014):
Plaintiff was previously informed that he is foreclosed by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), from seeking money damages for harm caused him by an allegedly unconstitutional disciplinary hearing or conviction absent showing that the finding of guilt has been invalidated. In Heck, the United States Supreme Court held that when a state prisoner seeks damages in a
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