Case: 16-30485 Document: 00513802511 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/19/2016
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
December 19, 2016
No. 16-30485
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
WARREN M. WALLACE, Individually; as Natural Tutor of Z. W. W., a Minor
Child; JOSHUA W. WALLACE, Individually; as Natural Tutor of Z. W. W., a
Minor Child; MATTHEW W. WALLACE, Individually; as Natural Tutor of Z.
W. W., a Minor Child; DEVYN A. CRADDOCK, Individually; as Natural
Tutor of Z. W. W., a Minor Child; RAYNELL B. WALLACE, Individually; as
Natural Tutor of Z. W. W., a Minor Child; JILLIUN R. WALLACE,
Individually; as Natural Tutor of R. W., a Minor Child,
Plaintiffs - Appellants
v.
SLIDELL CITY; RANDY SMITH, Individually; in his official capacity;
THOMAS MCNULTY, Individually; in his official capacity; KEITH
MCQUEEN, Individually; in his official capacity; KEVIN REA, Individually;
in his official capacity; CHARLES ESQUE, Individually; in his official
capacity,
Defendants - Appellees
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Louisiana
USDC No. 2:15-CV-383
Before JONES, BARKSDALE, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir.
R. 47.5.4.
Case: 16-30485 Document: 00513802511 Page: 2 Date Filed: 12/19/2016
No. 16-30485
The dismissal at issue, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
12(b)(6), centers on the application of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 487
(1994) (precluding civil actions that “necessarily imply the invalidity of [a]
conviction or sentence”). Our having considered the briefs and oral argument
in our court, as well as the pertinent parts of the record, including the operative
complaint, the dismissal was proper, essentially for the reasons stated by the
district court. Wallace v. City of Slidell, La., No. 2:15-cv-383, 2016 WL 1223065
(E.D. La. 28 Mar. 2016).
AFFIRMED.
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Warren Wallace v. Slidell City
Combined Opinion