Anna Mustafa v. City of Chicago

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• explaining that probable cause defeats a § 1983 claim based on wrongful arrest or false imprisonment
• stating that probable cause to arrest is an absolute defense to any claim against police officers for false arrest or malicious prosecution
• holding it was at most arguable whether joking about making a bomb threat was a crime, so there could be no violation of clearly established law
• affirming summary judgment for officers; police have no duty to investigate extenuating circumstances or to search for exculpatory evidence once they have probable cause to arrest
• noting that we “evaluate[] probable cause ‘not on the facts as an omniscient observer would perceive them,’ but rather ‘as they would have appeared to a reasonable person in the position of the arresting officer’ ” (quoting Kelley v. Myler, 149 F.3d 641, 646 (7th Cir. 2000))
• officers “were not obligated to pursue every lead or engage in extensive fact-finding regarding the complainant’s credibility”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).