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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 

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*

 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to

or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

** The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral

argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FRANK TED JOHNSON,

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

 v.

TIMOTHY ARNDT, aka Timothy Manley; et

al.,

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 04-15282

D.C. No.

CV-01-01503-CLH/MS

MEMORANDUM*

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the District of Arizona

Charles L. Hardy, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted February 7, 2005**

Before: FERNANDEZ, GRABER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Frank Ted Johnson, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district

court’s summary judgment for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging

FILED

FEB 14 2005

CATHY A. CATTERSON, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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that defendants used excessive force against him during his arrest on September

26, 1999. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo,

Jackson v. City of Bremerton, 268 F.3d 646, 650 (9th Cir. 2001), and we affirm.

The district court properly determined that the defendants were entitled to

qualified immunity because the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to

Johnson, indicates that the force used by the officers in this case was reasonable,

and defendants did not violate Johnson’s constitutional rights. See Saucier v. Katz,

533 U.S. 194, 201-02 (2001).

The district court properly dismissed without prejudice Johnson’s illegal

seizure and wrongful arrest claims because success on these claims would

necessarily imply the invalidity of Johnson’s convictions, and he has not

demonstrated that those convictions have been overturned. See Heck v. Humphrey,

512 U.S. 477, 486-87 (1994). 

The district court properly dismissed Johnson’s claim that defendants

provided false testimony during his criminal trial because police witnesses are

immune from liability for their testimony in judicial proceedings. See Paine v.

City of Lompoc, 265 F.3d 975, 981 (9th Cir. 2001). 

Johnson’s remaining contentions lack merit. 

AFFIRMED.

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