Watrous
(PC) Richson-Bey v. Watrous
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SEAN RICHSON-BEY, 1:21-cv-01482-GSA (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO
SHOW CAUSE
vs. (ECF No. 9.)
WATROUS, et al.,
Defendants.
18 Plaintiff, Sean J. Richson-Bey, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 12, 2021, the court issued an order to show cause requiring Plaintiff to respond within thirty days showing why this case should not be dismissed as barred by the favorable termination rule of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 487-88 (1994). (ECF No. 9.) On December 2, 2021, Plaintiff filed a response to the order to show cause. (ECF No. 10. In Heck and its progeny, the Supreme Court held tha, where a judgment in a prisoner’s favor on § 1983 action would necessarily imply the invalidity of the prisoner’s sentence or conviction, the prisoner’s claim is not cognizable until he demonstrates…