Joseph A. Meehan v. Town of Plymouth

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• emphasizing that the proper inquiry in a case of alleged malicious prosecution is not whether defendants had probable cause to arrest the plaintiff, but whether they had probable cause to initiate criminal charges
• \[T]here is a possibility that Meehan's 1983 malicious prosecution claim may be actionable under the Fourth Amendment.\
• \[A] § 1983 malicious prosecution claim is not properly based on either a procedural or substantive due process violation.\
• plaintiff had served time in prison as a result of an allegedly malicious prosecution
• “Meehan may not bring a malicious prosecution claim based upon his arrest because his arrest does not constitute the ‘initiation of proceedings’ against Meehan ... Meehan’s arrest was not made pursuant to an arrest warrant ... ”

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