DocketNumber: 96-2385
Filed Date: 7/12/1996
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/18/2021
___________ No. 96-2385 ___________ Thomas Grady, * * Appellant, * * v. * * M. Aud, CO-I Officer, Cummins * Appeal from the United States Unit, Arkansas Department of * District Court for the Correction; Blankenship, * Eastern District of Arkansas. Disciplinary Court Judge, * Cummins Unit, Arkansas * [UNPUBLISHED] Department of Correction; M.D. * Reed, Warden, Cummins Unit, * Arkansas Department of * Correction, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: June 27, 1996 Filed: July 12, 1996 ___________ Before BOWMAN, HEANEY, and BEAM, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Arkansas inmate Thomas Grady brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against prison officials, alleging they deprived him of good-time credit based on a false prison disciplinary. The district court1 dismissed Grady's claim as frivolous, citing Heck v. Humphrey,114 S. Ct. 2364
(1994). Grady appeals. 1 The Honorable William R. Wilson, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Henry L. Jones, Jr., United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. After the district court ruled, we held that Heck bars section 1983 damage claims for loss of good-time credit until the claimant has had the disciplinary proceeding invalidated. Sheldon v. Hundley,83 F.3d 231
, 233 (8th Cir. 1996). Absent any allegation that Grady has successfully challenged the disciplinary decision, his claim is not cognizable under section 1983. Accordingly, the district court's judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. A true copy. Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT. -2-