False imprisonment/arrest.

• Position: Brief Article

U.S. District Court

FALSE IMPRISONMENT PROBABLE CAUSE

McCray v. City of Dothan, 169 F.Supp.2d 1260 (M.D.Ala. 2001). A deaf African-American plaintiff brought a civil rights action against police officers and a city. The district court declined to enter summary judgment in favor of the defendants on assault and false imprisonment claims. The court held that a genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether the city was guilty of failure to take disciplinary action against police officers...