The court of appeals reversed a district court judgment and remanded the action for further proceedings. The court held that a plaintiff’s Fourth Amendment federal civil rights claim was not barred under Heck v. Humphrey where his driving under the influence conviction derived from his nolo contendere plea rather than from a verdict obtained with supposedly illegal evidence.
In early 2005, Edwin Lockett’s car slid off the road as he tried to drive home from a party. Lockett left the car and walked the short remaining distance to his home.
