Legal Opinion
Arnetta McCloud v. Kenneth W. Fortune
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 18, 2008No. 07-10850UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-Appellant Freddy McCloud appeals the grant of summary judgment to Kenneth Fortune, the former Sheriff of Jefferson County, Florida, (the “Sheriff’) on McCloud’s claim of malicious prosecution raised in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. 1 No reversible error has been shown; we affirm.
In July 2001, a confidential informant reported to the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office that he had just completed a controlled purchase of cocaine from McCloud and that McCloud was planning to drive to Tallahassee in a white Lincoln later that night. A short time later, officers observed a white Lincoln…
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