J. Wilkerson v. B. Wheeler
- Decided
- November 18, 2014
- Docket
- 11-17911
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that 3 Heck and Balisok do not bar a § 1983 action to restore good time credits to prisoner 4 serving indefinite life sentence because “[a]ny loss of good-time credits could not extend 5 his potential term, which is life in prison” — Nogales v. Burke (2022)
- stating that any 9 loss of credits for a prisoner serving an indefinite life sentence and whose date at which they are 10 initially eligible for parole has passed does not affect the length of the prisoner’s sentence — (PC) Jacques v. Lopez, Jr. (2019)
- finding Heck bar did not apply to plaintiff serving an indefinite life sentence where “[a]ny 8 loss of good-time credits could not extend his potential term, which is life in prison.” — (untitled) (2025)
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How the opinion begins
OPINION GOULD, Circuit Judge:
Adonai El-Shaddai [1]
(“El-Shaddai”) alleges that correctional officers used excessive force in restraining him while he was incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in California. El-Shaddai sued the officers and the prison librarian under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that they violated his federal constitutional rights. Defendants prevailed at trial. El-Shaddai appeals, contending that: (1) the district court erred by instructing the jury that it was established that El-Shaddai resisted the correctional officers; (2) the district court abused its discretion in excluding certain witnesses and evidence; (3) the failure to appoint counsel for El-Shaddai was an abuse of discretion; and (4) the order granting summary judgment to Sergeant Turner, one of the correctional officers, for El-Shaddai’s failure to exhaust administrative remedies was error. [2]
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J. Wilkerson v. B. Wheeler, 772 F.3d 834 (2014)Read the full opinion
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