W.D.Okla.: Broad challenges to how ptf was investigated all barred by Heck

“Many of Plaintiff’s alleged violations attack the procedures used to investigate and charge him, the evidence used to convict him, as well as the constitutionality of the first-degree murder statute under which he was convicted. Success on some of these claims would necessarily imply the invalidity of Plaintiff’s conviction. Because the conviction has not been invalidated, these claims are barred by Heck and should be dismissed without prejudice.” Weimer v. Smith, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 139740 (W.D.Okla. June 28, 2023).*

Officer’s shooting a dog growling and coming at him was reasonable under the circumstances. Buschmann v. Kan. City Bd. of Police Comm’rs, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 20789 (8th Cir. Aug. 10, 2023).*

“Here, Burroughs affirmatively avoided crashing into any other cars and was in the process of complying with Mannella’s commands. [¶] In the factual setting in which deadly force was used, a reasonable officer in Mannella’s position would not have had reason to believe that Burroughs posed a threat of imminent harm. We therefore affirm the district court’s decision that Mannella’s use of deadly force was unreasonable and violated Burroughs’s Fourth Amendment rights.” Raimey v. City of Niles, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 20849 (6th Cir. Aug. 10, 2023).*

Plaintiff can’t overcome defendants’ qualified immunity claim that there’s no similar case out there showing the officers exceeding the bounds of reasonableness in the use of force. Modacure v. Short, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 20883 (5th Cir. Aug. 10, 2023).*

It was clearly established that plaintiff’s driving his car at officers justified use of deadly force on him. Hines v. Lowndes Cnty., 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 20892 (5th Cir. Aug. 10, 2023).*