Calvi v. Knox County

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• concluding that plaintiff waived unpled false arrest claim because allegations that defendant physically abused plaintiff did not put defendant on notice of a false arrest claim
• stating that at the summary judgment stage a conglomeration of conclusory allegations, improbable inferences, and unsupported speculation is insufficient to discharge the nonmovant’s burden
• noting that “[s]tandard police practice called for cuffing an arrestee’s hands behind her back”
• affirming district court’s decision to deem waived claims introduced for the first time in opposition to summary judgment that were not “articulated, or even vaguely insinuated in [the plaintiffs] complaint”
• affirming determination that plaintiff could not raise claim for first time on summary judgment
• noting “[i]t follows that the inadequate training of a police officer cannot be a basis for municipal liability under section 1983 unless a constitutional injury has been inflicted by the officer or officers whose training was allegedly inferior”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).