Basu v. Brogan

Plaintiff Siddhartha Basu brought suit for conspiracy, false arrest, false imprisonment, abuse of process and malicious prosecution against Cambridge firefighters Laurence Brogan and Richard Dahl. These claims arose from a 1997 incident in which the firefighters told police that Basu had deliberately struck Brogan with his car, leading to Basu’s arrest. The district court entered summary judgment for defendants. We affirm.

Our review of the grant of summary judgment is de novo and we take all factual inferences in the light most favorable to the non-moving party. McCarthy v. Northwest…