Jonathan Rogers v. M. L. Pendleton, Officer M. G. Vinyard, Officer

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• recognizing that false arrest and malicious prosecution claims are often “so intertwined legally” as to rise and fall together for qualified immunity purposes
• holding that if person is arrested when no reasonable officer could believe that probable cause existed to make an arrest for the stated offense, officer has violated clearly established Fourth Amendment right to be arrested only upon probable cause
• stating that claims for false arrest and false imprisonment “are essentially claims alleging a seizure of the person in violation of the Fourth Amendment”
• finding that the curtilage of the home receives the same Fourth Amendment protections as the home itself
• noting that 2 See Commonwealth v. Moss, Nos. CR21000471-00–CR21000471-03, CR21000471-06– CR21000471-13, available at https://eapps.courts.state.va.us/CJISWeb/circuit.jsp (last visited Aug. 15, 2024
• explaining that police, like private citizens, may approach home absent contrary evidence from owner

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