Carlton Hart v. Christine Mannina

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• stating that \[w]e have questions about the constitutional foundation for\ plaintiff's abuse of process claim under § 1983
• explaining that claims against police officers for false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution “fail as a matter of law” if there was probable cause to arrest
• finding that circumstantial evidence concerning one coerced identification would need to be “compelling” in order to permit a reasonable inference that other identifications were also coached or manipulated
• explaining that probable cause to arrest defeats a claim for malicious prosecution
• requiring that constitutional violation accompany an abuse-of-process claim under § 1983
• affirming dismissal of Fourth Amendment claims against supervisors where claims against subordinate officers were dismissed in an action alleging failure to supervise

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