United States Sixth Circuit

A state judge's determination of probable cause in a criminal proceeding did not preclude plaintiff from re-litigating the issue in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on the arrest, and a finding of qualified immunity for police detectives is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/02/2002
• Published 12/03/2002

Judges

• Before MARTIN, Chief Circuit Judge;  NELSON and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Victoria Eva Abdella (briefed), Franklin, MI, Marvin L. Berris (briefed), Bingham Farms, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marcelyn A. Stepanski (argued and briefed), S. Randall Field (briefed), Johnson, Rosati, Labarge, Aseltyne & Field, Farmington Hills, MI, for Defendants-Appellees.