Goodrum v. Fallon Police Department

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 25 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MITCHELL KEITH GOODRUM, No. 23-4075 D.C. No. 3:23-cv-00520-RCJ-CLB Plaintiff - Appellant, v. MEMORANDUM* FALLON POLICE DEPARTMENT; DANIEL SHYNE; BARIZIA, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Robert Clive Jones, District Judge, Presiding Submitted April 22, 2025** Before: GRABER, H.A. THOMAS, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges. Nevada state prisoner Mitchell Keith Goodrum appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. §1983 action alleging federal and state law claims in connection with his state court criminal case. We have * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Wilhelm v. Rotman, 680 F.3d 1113, 1118 (9th Cir. 2012). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Goodrum’s action as barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), because success on Goodrum’s claims would necessarily imply the invalidity of his conviction, and Goodrum has not demonstrated that his conviction has been invalidated. See Heck, 512 U.S. at 486- 87 (holding that if “a judgment in favor of the plaintiff would necessarily imply the invalidity of his conviction or sentence . . . the complaint must be dismissed unless the plaintiff can demonstrate that the conviction or sentence has already been invalidated”). AFFIRMED. 2 23-4075