Aurelius Peyton v. Jeffrey Burdick

358 F. App'x 961

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: December 16, 2009
• Docket: 08-16241
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Aurelius Augustinus Kenneth Peyton, a pre-trial detainee, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1988 action alleging manipulation of evidence, perjury, and false arrest. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate and remand.

Because Peyton’s claims implicate rulings that are likely to be made in the pending state court criminal proceeding, see Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-90, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994), the district court should have stayed the section 1983 action “until the criminal case ... is ended,” Wallace v. Kato, 549 U.S. 384, 393-94, 127 S.Ct. 1091, 166 L.Ed.2d 973 (2007), Therefore we vacate the judgment and remand for the district court to stay the action until the criminal proceedings are concluded.

Appellees’ motion to strike the reply brief in its entirety is granted and their motion to strike portions of the reply brief is denied as moot. Appellees’ shall bear appellant’s costs on appeal.

VACATED and REMANDED.

** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.