Parsons v. City of Pontiac

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• noting that viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, \jury could find that the information known to the detectives when they arrested [him] falls short of this probable-cause standard\ (emphasis added)
• considering the “totality of the information” that was known 9 Contrary to Zimmerman’s claims, the grand jury indictments, which were allegedly based on false information, do not conclusively establish probable cause. See King v. Harwood, 852 F.3d 568, 587–88 (6th Cir. 2017
• “The law was therefore clearly established that arrests without probable cause violated the Constitution at the time of [the plaintiff’s] arrest in 2004.”
• “The law was therefore clearly established that arrests without probable cause violated the Constitution at the time of [the plaintiff’s] arrest in 2004.”
• “In order for a wrongful arrest claim to succeed under § 1983, a plaintiff must prove that the police lacked probable cause.”
• “We ultimately conclude that th[e] evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to [the plaintiff], is not susceptible to only one reasonable determination—that the detectives had probable cause to arrest [him].”

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