Legal Opinion
Ortega v. Christian
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 1996No. 94-5300PublishedCited by 238 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Fernando Alberto Ortega, appeals the district court’s order granting a judgment on the pleadings in favor of appellees, Officer William Christian, Chief Fred Taylor, and the Metro-Dade Police Department on his claims for false arrest and false imprisonment under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We reverse.
FACTS
On January 21, 1992, the Metro-Dade Police Department (MDPD) received a report of a robbery and kidnapping. On January 23, 1992, a confidential informant informed the MDPD and Officer Christian that an organized group of which he was a member committed the robbery.…
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