Legal Opinion
Acosta v. Ames Department Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 22, 2004No. 04-1016PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Casilda Acosta invites us to vacate a summary judgment order terminating her suit for false arrest under, inter alia, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 1 Discerning no error in the district court’s disposition of the matter, we decline Acosta’s invitation.
The facts are uncomplicated. Glenn Powers worked as a store detective for Ames Department Stores, Inc. (Ames). On October 18, 1999, he called the Middle-town, Rhode Island, police department to report a shoplifting at a local Ames emporium. Officer Kelly Mitchell responded to the call and Powers informed her that the…
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