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ROBERTS v. CITY OF FAIRBANKS

No. 18-35938.

947 F.3d 1191 (2020)

Marvin ROBERTS; Eugene Vent; Kevin Pease; George Frese, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF FAIRBANKS; James Geier; Clifford Aaron Ring; Chris Nolan; Dave Kendrick, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 22, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann (argued), Nick Brustin , Richard Sawyer , and Mary McCarthy , Neufeld Scheck & Brustin LLP, New York, New York; Mike Kramer and Reilly Cosgrove , Kramer and Associates, Fairbanks, Alaska; for Plaintiffs-Appellants Marvin Roberts and Eugene Vent.

David Whedbee , Jeffrey Taren , Tiffany Cartwright , and Sam Kramer , MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Seattle, Washington; Thomas R. Wickware , Fairbanks, Alaska; for Plaintiffs-Appellants Kevin Pease and George Frese.

Matthew Singer (argued) and Peter A. Scully , Holland & Knight LLP, Anchorage, Alaska, for Defendant-Appellee City of Fairbanks.

Joseph W. Evans (argued), Law Offices of Joseph W. Evans, Bremerton, Washington, for Defendants-Appellees James Geier, Clifford Aaron Ring, Chris Nolan, and Dave Kendrick.

Samuel Harbourt , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, California; Kelsi Brown Corkran , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Scholars.

Steven S. Hansen , CSG Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska, for Amicus Curiae Tanana Chiefs Conference.

David B. Owens , Lillian Hahn , Benjamin Harris , and Emily Sullivan , The Exoneration Project, Chicago, Illinois, for Amici Curiae The Innocence Network, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of Alaska Foundation.

Dissent by Judge Ikuta.

OPINION

This is an appeal from an order dismissing claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1985 on the ground that the claims were barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). The primary question before us is whether §...

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