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No. 11-2021
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Bryson City.
Martin K.
Reidinger, District Judge. (2:10-cv-00009-MR-DLH)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
John William Bishop and his mother, Donna J. Bishop
(collectively,
the
Bishops),
filed
complaint
alleging
series
of
searches
of
Donnas
home
and
the
seizure
and
The district
512
U.S.
477
(1994),
and
the
Bishops
filed
this
of public record. . . .
so
authentic.
long
as
they
are
integral
to
the
complaint
and
whether
judgment
in
favor
of
the
plaintiff
would
Heck,
512
U.S.
question
in
at
the
dismissed
unless
conviction
or
This
487.
is
requirement.
the
affirmative,
the
has
referred
district
then
plaintiff
sentence
mandate
If
can
already
to
as
the
court
answers
complaint
demonstrate
been
the
must
be
that
invalidated.
favorable
the
the
Id.
termination
1983
claim
was
Hecks
favorable
cognizable
where
termination
he
had
failed
requirement.
Id.
to
satisfy
at
263-64.
from
contend
the
that
case
at
4
Wilson
bar
because
is
John
factually
was
on
probation for three years and was therefore in custody for state
and federal purposes.
Because
John
was
on
probation,
he
satisfied
the
term
of
probation
satisfied
the
custody
requirement
is
to
pursue
habeas
relief.
We
disagree.
Wilson
indicated that Heck does not bar a 1983 suit where a prisoner
could not, as a practical matter, seek habeas relief.
Wilson, 535 F.3d at 268.
had
window
of
only
See
months
to
meet
the
favorable
pleaded
probation.
guilty
and
was
sentenced
to
thirty-six
months
six-month period.
Wilson
claim
for
deprivation
of
property
would
not
necessarily
Although
This is so because
his possession was the only evidence that John committed any
offense.
See
Ballenger
(where
v.
Owens,
evidence
352
of
F.3d
offense
842,
was
846-47
uniquely
of
the
charges
through
habeas
petition.
See
courts
order
and
remand
this
case
to
the
district
contentions
before
the
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
aid
the
the
materials
decision
process.
AFFIRMED IN PART,
VACATED IN PART,
AND REMANDED