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· 6/26/2013

Michael Alexander v. United States

Citations

  • 721 F.3d 418
  • 2013 WL 3215667
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 13060

How courts have described this case

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  • indicating that \public corruption\ is \hardly unknown\ and \egregious abuse of one's official position\ is not \unthinkable\
  • explaining that under Indiana law a malicious-prosecution claim can be made against a defendant who did not himself initiate the prosecution when the prosecution is initiated solely based on information provided by the defendant
  • explaining that under Indiana law a malicious‐prosecution claim can be made against a defend‐ ant who did not himself initiate the prosecution when the prosecution is initiated solely based on information provid‐ ed by the defendant
  • noting that federal claim‐accrual rules, including the continuing‐violation doctrine, apply in FTCA suits
  • noting that federal claim‐accrual rules, including the continuing‐violation doctrine, apply in FTCA suits
  • “Knowingly false statements by the affiant cannot support a finding of probable cause, and as we read the complaint, that is all there was.”

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Judges: Posner, Wood, Tinder

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