Wilson v. City of Long Beach

Issue: (1) Whether the Heck v. Humphrey bar applies to Section 1983 claims for unreasonable seizures predicated on the use of excessive force by police officers; (2) whether, if a person is convicted of violating a California statute which criminalizes deterring or preventing an executive officer from performing any duty imposed upon such officer by law, if multiple acts of resistance could form the basis for the conviction and the record is not clear as to which act(s) formed the basis of the conviction, the success in a subsequent Section 1983 action does “necessarily imply” the invalidity of the conviction such that it must be barred by Heck v. Humphrey; and (3) whether the Heck v. Humphrey bar should be applied differently if the underlying conviction was based on a jury verdict rather than a plea.