Legal Opinion
Royce McLin v. Jason Ard
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 8, 2017No. 16-30201PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:
Royce Denton McLin alleges that members of the Livingston Parish Council and Livingston Parish Sheriffs Office "maliciously conspired to prosecute him in retaliation for McLin’s online comments about certain Council members. He contends that the Defendants obtained invalid arrest warrants, to which McLin surrendered, and that, as a result, he was issued a misdemeanor summons charging him with criminal defamation. After the charges were dismissed, McLin sued the Defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of. his First, Fourth, Fifth, and…
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