Skinner v. Switzer

562 U.S. 521·2011

What the Court Decided

Held that a prisoner's Section 1983 suit seeking DNA testing was not Heck-barred because success would not necessarily imply the invalidity of his conviction.

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Cited In

Olivier v. City of Brandon

2025 Term · 24-993

Cited for conducting separate jurisdictional and Heck analyses, and for the principle that it is 'hardly inevitable' that success in a 1983 suit would lead to relief from a conviction.