SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Patrick McCann brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Ken Neilsen used excessive force in the course of arresting him. The district court granted Deputy Neilsen's motion for judgment on the pleadings, holding that under Heck v. Humphrey,
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