DEFENSE · 42usc1983:x-habeas-exhaustion
Under Preiser v. Rodriguez (411 U.S. 475 (1973)) and Heck v. Humphrey (512 U.S. 477 (1994)), a prisoner cannot use § 1983 to seek immediate/speedier release or damages/relief that would necessarily imply the invalidity of an extant conviction or sentence unless the conviction has been reversed, expunged, or invalidated.
Exact element source
in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redressSource:
docroot/ir/usc/title42.jsonl#title42_sec1983; Unicode character offsets [441:516] (end exclusive); SHA-256 88fe01322b9d94860a669ec452f558146e2745845070bc43583671ce12acb2bb.All variants
| Variant | Description | Merits instance blocks | Distinct cases | Example cases (up to 3 per group) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| relief-in-nature-of-habeas/state-remedies-unexhausted | 1 Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0 | 1 | /f2d/628/1104-01 — United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980 — satisfied |
How courts decided this element
| Case | Element | Holding and scope | Variant | Exact source quotations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /f2d/628/1104-01 — United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980 | Preiser / Heck v. Humphrey favorable-termination and habeas-exclusivity bar | satisfied Counted merits instance applied / merits basis: conceded; count: claim for injunction commanding release; subject: count=claim for injunction commanding release | relief-in-nature-of-habeas/state-remedies-unexhausted | This claim is in the nature of habeas corpus, and it is conceded that state remedies have not been exhausted.Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/f2d_628.jsonl#/f2d/628/1104-01; Unicode character offsets [13672:13781] (end exclusive); SHA-256 d2c865685b00f7d491a6a0a10e31df9c82bf1a5e46d7bc2a6fe79468154f11bf. |