Foster v. Woods

PER CURIAM: *

The plaintiff, a private investigator, followed a vehicle into a high school parking lot, stopped for several minutes, then soon drove away after becoming aware he had been detected. A few minutes later, he stopped on a private road. He was subsequently arrested by the defendant sheriff at the sheriffs office. The charges brought against him were later dropped. The issue on appeal is whether there was probable cause to arrest him. He brought this Section 1983 action based on the arrest. The district court granted summary judgment for the sheriff on the basis of qualified…