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· 12/5/2023

F.J., the Father v. Department of Children & Families

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that two officers could both be liable for false arrest by ordering a 11 plaintiff’s arrest and driving the plaintiff to jail
  • discussing possibility that commencement and prosecution of unfounded criminal charge may, under certain circumstances, constitute not only malicious prosecution but a violation of civil rights
  • “The Alabama standard of probable cause in actions for malicious prosecution appears to be the traditional one.”
  • four or five hours detention
  • four or five hours detention

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