Reed v. Goertz

Summary

The Court held that a §1983 procedural due‑process claim challenging a state’s post‑conviction DNA‑testing scheme accrues when the state‑court litigation ends, here when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied Reed’s motion for rehearing. The Court also affirmed Reed’s standing, rejected Texas’s sovereign‑immunity argument under Ex parte Young, and held the Rooker‑Feldman doctrine does not bar the claim.