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Timestamp: 2017-04-24 17:17:33
Document Index: 365392148

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1983', '§1983', '§ 1983', '§ 1983', '§ 2254', '§1983', '§ 1915', '§ 1915']

| Shawn L. Seals, #504357 v. Richard A. Runde
Shawn L. Seals, #504357 v. Richard A. Runde
SHAWN L. SEALS, #504357 PLAINTIFF,v.RICHARD A. RUNDE, EDWARD DETERS,JASON MCFARLAND, AND JOHN P. COADY, DEFENDANTS.
Plaintiff, currently incarcerated at Big Muddy Correctional Center, is serving a 14 year sentence for predatory sexual assault. He has brought this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendant Runde, his public defender in the underlying case, Defendant Deters, Effingham County State's Attorney, Defendant McFarland, investigator for the Effingham County Sheriff's Office, and Defendant Coady, the Circuit judge presiding over Plaintiff's criminal case. Plaintiff states in his complaint that he has not filed a grievance in this matter.
Additionally Plaintiff's claims arise from criminal investigation and criminal proceedings that took place in 2005 and 2006. Without reviewing the specifics of Plaintiff's allegations, the Court notes that generally Plaintiff states only in a conclusory manner that the criminal investigation and trial involved evidentiary issues, falsehoods, lack of DNA testing and personal bias by some or all of the defendants. Plaintiff requests a new trial. Examination of Plaintiff's complaint, however, reveals that Plaintiff in no way articulates a cognizable claim against any Defendant for a violation under 42 U.S.C. §1983.
Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87 (1994) (emphasis in original). "We do not engraft an exhaustion requirement upon § 1983, but rather deny the existence of a cause of action. Even a prisoner who has fully exhausted available state remedies has no cause of action under § 1983 unless and until the conviction or sentence is reversed, expunged, invalidated, or impugned by the grant of a writ of habeas corpus." Id. at 489. Plaintiff may challenge his conviction in a habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, but only after he has presented all of his claims to the Illinois courts.
Plaintiff has made only the broadest of objections to the entire nature of the criminal investigation and proceedings that have led to his conviction. His conviction has not been invalidated by any previous court proceeding. Even if the Court could discern the specific nature of Plaintiff's allegations, it is clear that his complaint, in order to succeed, would necessarily invalidate his conviction and thus cannot proceed in a §1983 action. His complaint shall be dismissed with prejudice.
The entire case and Defendants Runde, Deters, McFarland and Coady shall be dismissed with prejudice for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Clarke and Farris shall be dismissed with prejudice.
Plaintiff is advised that this dismissal shall count as one of his allotted "strikes" under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Plaintiff's obligation to pay the filing fee for this action was incurred at the time the action was filed, thus the filing fee of $350 remains due and payable. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1); Lucien v. Jockisch, 133 F.3d 464, 467 (7th Cir. 1998). The Clerk shall CLOSE THIS CASE.