Legal Opinion
Andrew Clay v. Coolidge Conlee, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of St. Francis County, St. Francis County Sheriff's Department
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 12, 1987No. 86-1620PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The victim of a rape identified plaintiff Andrew Clay, a member of the Arkansas State Police, as her assailant. Within a few hours after Clay’s arrest, the arresting officers discovered that the victim had identified the wrong man and that Clay was innocent. Clay promptly was released and the charge against him subsequently was dismissed. Clay later filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Coolidge Con-lee, St. Francis County Sheriff, in both his individual and official capacity, alleging that the arresting officers lacked probable cause to arrest him and,…
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