Legal Opinion
Jeffrey Cozzi v. Cedrick Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 19, 2018No. 17-11011PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
Jeffrey Cozzi was arrested for the robbery of one pharmacy and the attempted robbery of another. He was released after the police found no evidence linking him to the crimes. Cozzi sued Officer Cedrick Thomas, the City of Birmingham, Alabama, and several other law enforcement officers alleging, among other claims, a violation of his Fourth Amendment right to be free from what he contends was an unlawful arrest. The district court granted summary judgment in the defendants' favor on all charges except for Cozzi's unlawful arrest claim, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ,…
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