Ronald Martell v. Brian Cole

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RONALD MARTELL, No. 23-55120

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:22-cv-00920- v. JLS-MSB

BRIAN COLE, San Diego County Deputy Sheriffs Cole (#0473); OPINION KERRY JOHNSON, San Diego County Deputy Sheriffs Johnson (#0497); DAVID LOVEJOY, San Diego County Deputy Sheriffs Lovejoy (#3215); DAVID LANNON, San Diego County Deputy Sheriffs Lannon (#0233); JONATHAN YOUNG, San Diego County Deputy Sheriffs Young (#0188); DOES, 1-5,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Janis L. Sammartino, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 13, 2024 Pasadena, California Filed September 23, 2024

Before: William A. Fletcher, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge W. Fletcher; Dissent by Judge Lee

SUMMARY*

Heck v. Humphrey / § 1983

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal of Ronald Martell’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action as barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), and remanded for further…