Bryan Cowan, et al. v. Masa Nathaniel Warden

The questions presented are:

1. Plaintiff pled no contest to California Penal Code §69 prior to bringing this §1983 action against all three officers who were involved in his arrest. Many federal circuits1 have adopted a rule which bars a claim under Heck if it is based on specific factual allegations that are inconsistent with the facts upon which his criminal conviction was based. Is a claim cognizable under Heck when Plaintiff would be required to disprove any part of the unqualified factual basis for his conviction in order to succeed in the tort action?

2. Under Heck, can a §1983 action for excessive force be barred against officers who were not named in the criminal charge upon which Plaintiff was convicted,

3. Thore v. Howe, 466 F.3d 173, 179-80 (1st Cir. 2006); O’Brien v. Town of Bellingham, 943 F.3d 514, 529 (1st Cir. 2019); Jacobs v. Bayha, 616 F. App’x 507, 513-14 (3rd Cir. 2015); Bush v. Strain, 513 F. 3d 492, 498 n. 14 (5th Cir. 2008); Okoro v. Callaghan, 324 F.3d 488, 490 (7th Cir. 2003); McCann v. Neilsen, 466 F.3d 619, 621-22 (7th Cir. 2006); Gilbert v. Cook, 512 F.3d 899, 902 (7th Cir. 2008); Beets v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 669 F.3d 1038, 046 (9th Cir. 2012); Sanders v. City of Pittsburg, 14 F.4th 968, 970-71 (9th Cir. 2021); Galindo v. City of Orange, 678 F. App’x 559, 560 (9th Cir. 2017); Harrigan v. Metro Dade Police Dep’t Station #4, 977 F.3d 1185, 1196 (11th Cir. 2020); Ducksworth v. Rook, 647 F. App’x 383, 385- 86 (5th Cir. 2016) (citing Daigre v. City of Waveland, Miss., 549 F. App’x 283, 286 (5th Cir. 2013), citing DeLeon v. City of Corpus Christi, 488 F.3d 649, 656-57 (5th Cir. 2007)); Dodds v. City of Yorktown, 656 Fed. App’x 40, 43 (5th Cir. 2016).