Dickerson v. Monroe County Sheriff's Department

How courts have described this case

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• stating that a malicious abuse of criminal process claim \is of a constitutional nature\
• “It is true that civilians who merely report a crime are generally shielded from liability for the tort of malicious prosecution.”
• “ ‘In the criminal context, malicious abuse of process is by definition a denial of procedural due process.’” (quoting Cook, 41 F.3d at 80)
• “Claims for false arrest and false imprisonment are essentially the same causes of action.” (citing Weyant v. Okst,101 F.3d 845, 853 (2d Cir.1996))
• “Claims for false arrest and false imprisonment are essentially the same causes of action.” (citing Weyant v. Okst,101 F.3d 845, 853 (2d Cir.1996))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).