Kyle Johnson Leticia Johnson v. Ivan Watkins Chris Calloway

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Kyle and Leticia Johnson appeal the March 8,1996 judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Elfvin, J.) that granted summary judgment in favor of two arresting officers in Kyle Johnson’s suit for false arrest, and dismissed plaintiffs’ complaint seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of Johnson’s civil rights and his wife’s loss of consortium.

The issue raised is whether collateral es-toppel bars plaintiff from proving his case where probable cause to arrest him was preliminarily determined at a suppression hearing,…