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B efo re T JO F L A T , A N D E R S O N an dP R Y O R , C i rcu i tJu d g es. P E R C U R I A M: R o b e rt C o b b , ap r is o n e r , ap p e a ls th e d is m is s a l o f h is p r o s e c iv il r ig h ts ac t i on brou gh tpu rs uantt o 4 2 U . S . C . § 1 98 3. O n app ea l , he ar gu es the di stri ct courterre d i n sua spon t e di sm i ss i ng hi s c om pl ai ntfor f ai l ure t o st at e acl ai m un der 28 U . S . C . § 1915A ( b) ( 1) . C obb a s s e rt s hi s c om pl a i nti s notba rr e d byH e c k v. H um ph re ys , 51 2 U . S . 47 7, 48 7, 11 4 S . C t . 23 64 , 23 72 , 12 9 L . E d. 2d38 3 (19 94 ), be c aus e hi s c ha l l e nge i s t o the pr oc e s s us e d bythe S t a t e of F l or i dat o de t e rm i ne w he the rhe vi ol a t e d hi s pr oba t i on, notthe va l i di tyof hi s pr oba t i on r e voc a t i on. T hi s c ou rtre vi ew s adi stri ctcourt ’ s s ua spon t e di sm i ss al of a s ui tfor f ai l ure to s ta te ac la im f

o rr e lie f u n d e r§ 1 9 1 5 A ( b ) ( 1 ) d e n o v o . H a r d e n v . P a ta k i, 3 2 0 F . 3 d1 2 8 9 , 1 2 9 2 (1 1 th C i r. 2 0 0 3 ). T h e co m p l ai n t ’ s “ [f] actu al al l eg at i o n s m u st be e nough t o r a i s e ar i ghtt o r e l i e f above the s pe c ul a t i ve l e ve l . ” B e l l A t l a nt i c C orp. v. T w om bl y , __ U . S . __, 127 S . C t . 1955, 1965 ( 2007) ; s e e a l s o W a tt s v. F l or i da In t ’ l U n i v . , 4 9 5 F . 3 d1 2 8 9 , 1 2 9 5 (1 1 th C i r. 2 0 0 7 ). “ T h e S up rem e C o u rt ’ s m o st r e c e n t f o rm u la tio n o f

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ic itys ta n d a r dis th a t ‘s ta tin g s u c h ac la im r e qui r e s ac om pl a i ntw i th e nough f a c tua l m a tt e r( t a ke n a s true ) t o s ugge s t ’ the re qu i re d el em ent . ” W att s, 49 5 F . 3d at12 95 (quo t i ng T w om bl y, 12 7 S . C t . at 19 65 ). T hi s rul e does not“ i m po se a probabi l i ty r equi re m entatthe pl ea di ng st age. ”3

T w om bl y, 12 7 S . C t . at19 65 . Inst ea d, the st andard “ si m pl y c al l s f or enou gh fa ct t o r a i s e ar e a s onabl e e xpe c t a t i on tha tdi s c ove ryw i l l r e ve a l e vi de nc e ” of the r e qui r e d e l e m e nt . I d. “ I ti s s uf f i c i e nti f the c om pl a i nts uc c e e ds i n ‘ i de nt i f y i ng f a c t s tha ta r e s ugge s t i ve e nough t o r e nde r[ the e l e m e nt ] pl aus i bl e . ’ ” W a tt s , 495 F . 3d at12 96 (quo t i ng T w om bl y, 12 7 S . C t . at19 65 ). In re vi ew i ng the di sm i ss al o f ac o m p la in t u n d e rth e 2 8 U .S .C . § 1 9 1 5 A ( b ) ( 1 ) , th is c o u rt a c c e p ts a lle g a tio n s in the c om pl a i nta s true , a nd pr o s e pl e a di ngs a r e l i be r a l l yc ons true d. B r ow n v. J o h n s o n , 3 8 7 F .3 d1 3 4 4 , 1 3 5 0 ( 1 1 th C ir . 2 0 0 4 ) . A pl a i nt i f

f c a nnotw i n r e l i e f

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a vorof the p la in tif f w o u ldn e c e s s a r ilyim p lyth e in v a lid ityo f h is c o n v ic tio n o rs e n te n c e .” H e c k 512 U . S . a t487, 114 S . C t . a t2372; s e e A be l l av. R ubi no, 63 F . 3d 1063, 1 0 6 4 - 1 0 6 5 ( 1 1 th C i r . 1 9 9 5 ) ( h o l d i n g , i n a n a c t i o n u n d e rB i v e n s v . S i x Un k n o wn N a m e d A ge nt s of

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N a r c ot i c s , 403 U . S . 388, 91 S . C t . 1999, 29 L . E d. 2d 61 9 (19 71 ), thatpl ai nt i ff’ s argum entthatthe defendant s f abri ca t ed t est i m o n y w as b arred u n d er H eckb ecau se “ [j ] u d g m en ti n fav o r o f A b el l a o n th ese c l a i m s w oul d ne c e s s a r i l yi m pl ythe i nva l i di tyof hi s c onvi c t i on. ” ( quot a t i on om i tt e d) ) . A pl a i nt i f

f m a yonl ypr oc e e d a f

t e rs how i ng “ tha tthe c onvi c t i on or se nt ence has bee n revers ed on di re ctappeal , expu ng ed by execut i ve order, decl ar ed in v a lidb yas ta te tr ib u n a l au th o r iz e dto m a k e s u c h d e te rm in a tio n , o rc a lle din to4

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e d e r a l c o u rt ' s i s s u a n c e o f aw r i to f h ab e a s c o rp u s . ” H e c k , 5 1 2 U . S. a t486- 87, 114 S . C t . a t2372. H ow e ve r , the pl a i nt i f f m a ypr oc e e d unde r§ 1983 w h e n “th e p la in tif

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d e m o n s tr a te th e in v a lid ity of a nyout s t a ndi ng c r i m i na l j udgm e nta ga i ns tthe pl a i nt i f f . . . i n the abs e nc e of s o m e o th e rb a rto th e s u it.” I d ., 1 1 4 S .C t. a t 2 3 7 2 - 7 3 ; s e e H u g h e s v . L o tt, 3 5 0 F . 3 d1 1 5 7 , 1 1 6 0 (1 1 th C i r. 2 0 0 3 ) (ex p l ai n i n g th at“ an i l l eg al search o r arrest m a ybe f ol l ow e d byava l i d c onvi c t i on, [ a nd the r e f or e ] as uc c e s s f

ul § 1983 a c t i on f orF ourth A m e ndm e nts e a r c h a nd s e i z ur e vi ol a t i ons doe s notne c e s s a r i l yi m pl ythe i nv al i di ty of aconv i ct i on . ”) . U pon r e vi e w of

the di s tr i c tc ourtr e c or d a nd C obb’ s br i e f , w e di s c e rn no e rr or . T he di s tr i c tc ourtc orr e c t l ydi s m i s s e d C obb’ s c om pl a i ntbe c aus e the ne c e s s a ryi m pl i c a t i on of agr a ntof

r e l i e f w oul d be tha tC obb’ s pr oba t i on r e v o c a t i o n i s i n v a l i d . A c c o r d i n g l y , w e a f f i rm. A FFI R M ED