Opinion
No. 11-35553 D.C. No. 1:11-cv-00245-MHW
10-16-2012
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Idaho
Mikel H. Williams, Magistrate Judge, Presiding
Matthews consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).
Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Terrence Matthews, an Idaho state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional violations in connection with his parole revocation and subsequent denial of parole. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.
The district court properly dismissed the action because Matthews's claims are premised on his "actual innocence" and success on the merits of these claims would necessarily imply the invalidity of his confinement. See Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87 (1994). However, because the district court dismissed the action with prejudice, we vacate the judgment in part, and remand for entry of dismissal without prejudice. See Trimble v. City of Santa Rosa, 49 F.3d 583, 585 (9th Cir. 1995) (per curiam) (dismissals under Heck are without prejudice).
AFFIRMED in part, VACATED in part, and REMANDED.