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HUFTILE v. MICCIO-FONSECA

No. 03-16734.

410 F.3d 1136 (2005)

Michael HUFTILE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. L C MICCIO-FONSECA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 10, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Huftile, Pro Se, San Luis Obispo, CA, Melissa A. Jones, J. Michael Stusiak, Morrison & Foerster, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Margarita Altamirano, Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the defendant-appellee and for amicus California Department of Mental Health.

Before: KOZINSKI, W. FLETCHER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.

In this case, we must decide a question of first impression: Does the favorable termination rule of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994), apply to civil commitments under California's Sexually Violent Predators Act? We conclude that the Heck rule applies. We therefore affirm the district court's dismissal of Huftile's § 1983 action for damages and...

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