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Fourth Circuit: Heck Bar Inapplicable to § 1983 False Imprisonment Suit

Fourth Circuit: Heck Bar Inapplicable to § 1983 False Imprisonment Suit

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has joined five other circuits in holding that a former prisoner’s § 1983 false imprisonment claim is not barred by the “favorable termination” requirement of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994).

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