Ronald Lee Tucker v. Dewey Duncan and Tom Rasmussen

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• “borrow[ing]” elements of common law malicious prosecution claim and using them as elements for § 1983 malicious prosecution claim
• finding malicious prosecution claim barred simply because prosecution agreed to a nolle prosequi of accused's charges \after his attorney spoke with the prosecutor in a back room\
• 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is not a federal remedy for ordinary state tort claims
• “Where a nol. pros. is entered by the procurement of the party prosecuted, or by his consent or by compromise, such party cannot have an action for malicious prosecution.”
• 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is not a federal remedy for ordinary state tort claims

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