Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Section 1983 Actions
Dist. Ct. erred in dismissing plaintiff’s section 1983 action alleging that defendants-police officials subjected him to unlawful arrest in Aldi’s parking lot on charge of driving without valid license. While Dist. Ct. believed that plaintiff’s lawsuit was precluded by Heck, 512 US 477, since defendant had pleaded guilty to charge that stemmed from instant arrest, plaintiff could proceed on his lawsuit, where finding that defendant was subject to unlawful seizure would have no bearing or relevance to validity of his guilty plea and/or factual basis for his ensuing conviction.