Fink
Fink v. Flynn
Opinion
Lead Opinion
ORDER
The memorandum disposition filed on December 10, 2002, is withdrawn. The attached memorandum disposition is filed in its stead.
Fink’s petition for panel rehearing is denied as moot.
No further filings will be accepted in this closed appeal.
MEMORANDUM **
Former California state prisoner David M. Fink appeals pro se the district court’s judgment dismissing his civil rights action without leave to amend. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo dismissals for failure to state a claim, Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998) (order), and we review for abuse of discretion dismissals without granting leave to amend, Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1130 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.
We affirm the dismissal because Fink’s claims effectively challenged the fact or duration of his confinement resulting from a conviction at a second hearing, and Fink failed to allege the conviction at the second hearing had been invalidated. See Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 481 , 114 S.Ct. 2364 , 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). However, the conviction at the second hearing was…