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Gregory Brown v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaDecember 9, 20253:25-cv-06667California918 words

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Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 GREGORY BROWN, Case No. 25-cv-06667-WHO (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al., 8 Defendants.

9 INTRODUCTION Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-487 (1994), bars claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that, if successful, would appear to invalidate a conviction or sentence that has not already been reversed on direct appeal, expunged by executive order, declared invalid by a state tribunal authorized to make such determination, or called into question by a federal court’s issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. Here, plaintiff Gregory Brown brings suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several state actors for allegedly violating his federal constitutional rights in securing his criminal convictions and challenging his resentencing petitions. Brown is incarcerated and his complaint does not indicate that his conviction or sentence has been invalidated or reversed. As a result, Heck precludes his federal civil rights…

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