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Civil Practice: Unlawful Arrest-Probably Cause-Qualified Immunity
Staff Report//March 18, 2019//
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Where a plaintiff challenged an adverse grant of summary judgment on his claim of unlawful arrest, the judgment is affirmed because the officer had probable cause for the arrest under the totality of the circumstances at the time of the arrest, and the individual defendants were entitled to qualified immunity.
Judgment is affirmed.
Nader v. City of Papillion (MLW No. 72895/Case No. 18-1402 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Bataillon, J. (Christopher J. Tjaden and Zachary W. Lutz-Priefert Omaha, Nebraska, argued for appellants) (Vincent Valentino and Brandy Rae Johnson, Lincoln, and Jeffrey John Blumel and Ryan M. Kunhart, Omaha, Nebraska, argued for appellees).
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