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_________________________ ( F e b r u ar y 4, 2008) B efo re T JO F L A T , B IR C H an dD U B IN A , C i rcu i tJu d g es. P E R C U R I A M: A ppe l l a nti s aF l or i dapr i s on i nm a t e . P r oc e e di ng pr o s e , he f i l e d ac om pl a i nt i n the di stri ctcourtagai nstse vera l offi ce rs of the T al l ahas se e, F l ori da po l i ce de pa rtm e nt , s e e ki ng da m a ge s unde r42 U . S . C . § 1983 on the gr ound tha tthe m a n n e rin w h ic h th e yo b ta in e de v id e n c e f r o m h is r e s id e n c e in f

r in g e dh is c o n s titu tio n a l r ig h ts . T h e d is tr ic t c o u rt d is m is s e dh is c o m p la in t s u as p o n te pu rs uantt o 2 8 U . S . C . § 1 91 5(e) (2)( B )( i i ), concl ud i ng thatthe com pl ai ntw as ba rr e d bythe hol di ng of H e c k v. H um phr e y , 512 U . S . 477, 114 S . C t . 2364, 129 L . E d . 2 d3 8 3 (1 9 9 4 ). H e n o w ap p eal s. W e r e vi e w de novo adi s tr i c tc ourt ’ s § 1915( e ) ( 2) ( B ) ( i i ) di s m i s s a l us i ng the s a m e s t a nda r ds tha tgove rn di s m i s s a l s unde rF e d. R . C i v. P . 12( b) ( 6) . M i t c he l l v. F a r c a s s , 1 1 2 F .3 d1 4 8 3 , 1 4 9 0 ( 1 1 th C ir . 1 9 9 7 ) . “A c o m p la in t is s u b je c t to di s m i s s a l f

orf a i l ur e t o s t a t e ac l a i m i f the a l l e ga t i ons , t a ke n a s true , s how the pl a i nt i f f i s note nt i t l e d t o r e l i e f

. ” J one s v. B oc k, __ U . S . __, 127 S . C t . 910, 920,3

1 6 6 L .E d .2 d7 9 8 ( 2 0 0 7 ) . H ec k i nstruct s thata s t at e pri soner m ayno tbri ng a c l ai m for dam ages un der § 1983 i f a“ j udgm e nti n [ the pr i s one r ’ s ] f a vor. . . w oul d ne c e s s a r i l yi m pl ythe i n v al i d i ty o f h i s co n v i ct i o n . ” H eck , 5 1 2 U . S . at4 8 7 , 1 1 4 S . C t . at2 3 7 2 . T h e m o st o b v io u s e x a m p le o f

a n a c tio n b a rr e db yH e c kis o n e in w h ic h th e p la in tif f a c tu a lly

“ se ek[s ] dam ages di re ct l y a ttri bu t abl e t o [hi s] conv i ct i on or confi nem ent . ” I d. at 48 7 n . 6, 11 4 S . C t . at23 73 . B uteven w here the pl ai nt i ff do es no tse ek such da m a ge s , hi s s ui tm a ybe ba rr e d i f , f ore xa m pl e , he m us tne ga t e “ a n e l e m e ntof the o f f e n s e o f w h ic h h e h a s b e e n c o n v ic te d ” in o r d e rto p r e v a il. I d . T he H e c k hol di ng, how e ve r , doe s notne c e s s a r i l yba rac l a i m , s uc h a s the one pr e s e nt e d he r e , tha tthe e vi de nc e the pol i c e obt a i ne d e vi de nc e w a s the r e s ul tof a n ille g a l s e a r c h a n ds e iz u r e . S e e id . a t 4 8 7 n .7 , 1 1 4 S .C t. a t 2 3 7 3 ( e x p la in in g th a t, b ecau se o f th e d o ctri n es o f i n d ep en d en tso u rce, i n ev i t ab l e d i sco v ery, an dh arm l ess e rr o r , n o t a ll u n r e a s o n ab le s e a r c h e s r e s u lt in in v a lidc o n v ic tio n ) . T o p r e v a il, h o w e v e r , th e p la in tif

f m u s t p r o v e th a t th e s e a r c h c au s e dh im “a c tu a l, c o m p e n s ab le i nj ury. . . [ othe rtha n] the ‘ i nj ury ’ of be i ng c onvi c t e d and i m pr i s one d. ” I d. ( in te rn a l c ita tio n o m itte d ) . I n d e te rm in in g w h e th e rth e c la im n e c e s s a r ily i nva l i da t e s the unde r l y i ng c onvi c t i on, the di s tr i c tc ourtm us t“ l ook both t o the c l a i m s r a i s e d unde r§ 1983 a nd t o the s pe c i f i c of f e ns e s f orw hi c h the § 19834

cl ai m antw as conv i ct ed. ” H ug hes v. L ott , 35 0 F . 3d 11 57 , 11 61 n. 2 (11 th C i r. 2003) . W he r e the c i r c um s t a nc e s s urr oundi ng the c onvi c t i on a r e unknow n f r om the r e c o r d , it is im p o s s ib le f o rth e d is tr ic t c o u rt to d e te rm in e w h e th e rth e § 1 9 8 3 c la im ne c e s s a r i l yi m pl i e s the i nva l i di tyof the c onvi c t i on. I d. a t1161. T h at is th e s itu atio n h er e. T h e r ec o rd d o es n o t t ell u s w h eth erap p ellan t’ s c o n s titu tio n a l c la im n e c e s s a r ilyim p lie s th e in v a lid ityo f h is c o n v ic tio n . A t th is ju n ctu re , th er ef

o re , w e c an n o t say th at H ec kb ar s ap p ellan t’ s c laim . T h e c o u rt’s j ud gm enti s there fore va cate d an dth e case i s r e m a nde d fo r fu rth er p ro ceed i n g s. S O O RD E RE D.