What is the test for a plaintiff to bring an action for damages based on an allegedly unconstitutional conviction or imprisonment?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Miles v. Hollister, No. 2:19-cv-2151 JAM DB P (E.D. Cal. 2020):

Additionally, before plaintiff may bring an action for damages based on an allegedly unconstitutional conviction or imprisonment, or for other harm caused by actions whose unlawfulness would render a conviction or sentence invalid, plaintiff must prove certain elements. Plaintiff must prove that the conviction or sentence has been reversed on direct appeal, expunged by executive order, declared invalid by a state tribunal authorized to make such determination, or called into question by a federal court's issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87 (1994).

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