United States Eleventh Circuit

A police officer is entitled to qualified immunity to a claim of unconstitutional arrest, because probable cause existed to believe plaintiff had committed a misdemeanor assault, and violation of state arrest law cannot itself support a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/06/2002
• Published 08/06/2002

Judges

• CARNES, Circuit Judge:, Before CARNES and HILL, Circuit Judges, and DUPLANTIER , District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert S. Glazier,Law Office of Robert S. Glazier, Myrna D. Bricker, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant., Jeffrey A. Blaker, Miami Lakes, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.