· 1/21/1992
Floyd Sanders, III v. Don English, Curtis McCoy Ed Perry, and the City of Mansfield
Citations
- 950 F.2d 1152
- 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 573
- 1992 WL 734
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- holding that the failure to release a pre-trial detainee after police officer knew or should have known that plaintiff had been misidentified gives rise to cause of action under § 1983
- holding that the failure to release a pretrial detainee after police officer knew or should have known that plaintiff had been misidentified gives rise to cause of action under S 1983
- concluding that an officer can be held liable for malicious prosecution where he maliciously 5 pursuant to an indictment. Glenn v. City of Tyler, 242 F.3d 307, 313 (5th Cir. 2001
- holding that the failure to release a pretrial 6 detainee after police officer knew or should have known that plaintiff had been misidentified 7 gives rise to cause of action under § 1983
- noting that the officers should have “candidly admitted that they did not have probable cause to proceed with the prosecution”
- determining that an officer who deliberately fails to disclose “undeniably credible and patently exculpatory evidence to the prosecuting attorney’s office” may be liable under Section 1983
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Judges: Goldberg, Jolly, Wiener
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