Robert Jaegly, Jr. v. Matthew Couch, Bernard Santandria, Paula Breen and City of Albany, Docket No. 05-2191-Cv

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• stating that when considering a claim for false arrest, “it is not relevant whether probable cause existed with respect to each individual charge”
• alleging that he was “found . . . guilty” even though “he didn’t crash any car”
• explaining that a contentious history between the plaintiff and complaining victim was evidence supporting probable cause, not a reason to doubt the complaining victim
• holding that probable cause is complete defense to false arrest
• finding that probable cause need not exist “with respect to each individual charge” ultimately brought, but only with respect to the charge “actually invoked by the arresting officer at the time of arrest”
• declining to reach qualified immunity on a false arrest claim, after holding that there was probable cause to make an arrest

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