Tyler Young v. Scott Owens

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Tyler Young and D’Jango Hendrix, the owners of a second-hand electronics and appliance store, brought an action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983 and 1985 alleging that three police officers from Colerain Township, Ohio, subjected them to an illegal search and seizure, interfered with their civil rights, and illegally arrested and prosecuted Young. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants on all claims, concluding that probable cause existed for the officers’ actions. We AFFIRM.

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The plaintiffs are two African-American men who owned and operated the Ohio…