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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

NOT FOR CITATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Reverend NAAMAN L. LAUDERDALE,

Plaintiff,

 vs.

STATE FARM BANK AND

REPRESENTATIVES, Bloomington,

Illinois,

Defendants. /

No. C 05-0379 PJH (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed a pro se complaint on a form for Section 1983 claims,

naming the State Farm Bank and its employees as defendants. The court dismissed the

complaint with leave to amend to allege the facts of what happened, and facts which would

show that the private defendants were acting under color of state law. In his amendment

plaintiff contends that defendants violated his due process rights by misrepresenting the

facts of a business account he had with the bank, and that representatives of the bank

committed perjury, all resulting in his current conviction. His claims are barred by Heck v.

Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). 

The United States Supreme Court has held that to recover damages for an allegedly

unconstitutional conviction or imprisonment, or for other harm caused by actions whose

unlawfulness would render a conviction or sentence invalid, a § 1983 plaintiff must prove

that the conviction or sentence has 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. Id. at 486-487. A

claim for damages arising from a conviction or sentence that has not been so invalidated is

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 "[A] § 1983 cause of action for damages attributable to an unconstitutional conviction

or sentence does not accrue until the conviction or sentence has been invalidated." Heck, 512

U.S. at 489-90 (footnote omitted). 

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not cognizable under § 1983. Id.

Plaintiff’s claims implicate his conviction; therefore, this complaint fails to state a

cognizable claim under § 1983 and must be dismissed. See Trimble v. City of Santa Rosa,

49 F.3d 583, 585 (9th Cir. 1995) (claims barred by Heck may be dismissed sua sponte

without prejudice).

CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, plaintiff's claims are DISMISSED without prejudice to

asserting them in a new case if a cause of action ever accrues.1 The clerk shall close the

file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 29, 2006.

 PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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