Andre Johnson v. Jeremy Moseley

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• noting that the allegations must demonstrate that each defendant violated a plaintiff’s rights through their own actions
• “[A] defendant’s participation must be marked by some kind of blameworthiness, something beyond mere negligence or innocent mistake, to satisfy the elements of a malicious prosecution claim under the Fourth Amendment.”
• “A police officer violates a suspect’s clearly established right to freedom from malicious prosecution under the Fourth Amendment only when his deliberate or reckless falsehoods result in arrest and prosecution without probable cause.”
• “Qualified immunity is not a defense against liability, but against suit itself”
• “The fact that the jury did not consider [the alleged victim’s] testimony sufficiently persuasive to find Johnson guilty of domestic assault beyond a reasonable doubt does not establish that probable cause was lacking when the trial began.”

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