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City of Stockton, California, et al. v. Francisco Duarte
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-16929 · judgment February 16, 2023
Before the decision, about 5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a state or local-government petitioner, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Question presented
Whether the “Heck Bar,” which this Court created in Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), bars a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 claim where the plaintiff is a criminal defendant who pled nolo contendere (no contest) as part of a plea deal where he agreed to perform terms through the criminal justice system in exchange for the criminal charges being dismissed upon successful completion of the terms.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Dana Alan Suntag
Herum/Crabtree/Suntag, LLP
For respondent
Easha Anand
Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Jun 26 2023Petition DENIED.
- Jun 06 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
- Jun 05 2023Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- May 31 2023Waiver of right of respondent Francisco Duarte to respond filed.
- May 31 2023Brief amici curiae of California State Sheriffs' Association, et al. filed.
- May 02 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 5, 2023)