Laura Skop v. City of Atlanta, Georgia

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• recognizing that district court “misapplied the clear dictates of our summary judgment law by assuming hotly contested facts against the non-moving party”
• holding that binding precedent clearly established an arrest made without arguable probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment
• concluding that officer lacked arguable probable cause to arrest for obstruction where a stranded motorist requested a police officer to move his patrol car during a severe thunderstorm
• holding that where the resolution of disputed critical facts determines on which side of the arguable probable cause line the officer’s conduct fell, summary judgment is inappropriate
• stating that the Eleventh Circuit’s precedent “clearly establishe[s] . . . that an arrest made without arguable probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures”
• stating that a court may not weigh conflicting evidence to resolve disputed factual issues

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