United States First Circuit

In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging Fourth Amendment violations for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution, arising from her complaint to the police of an alleged rape by a co-worker, judgment of the district court is affirmed where: 1) the false imprisonment claim is barred by the statute of limitations; 2) plaintiff failed to make out the Fourth Amendment violation needed to sustain her section 1983 malicious prosecution claim; and 3) district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to alter or amend the judgment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/29/2010
• Published 06/29/2010

Judges

• SELYA, J.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gordon R. Blakeney, Brian J.S. Cullen