Lucinda Darrah v. City of Oak Park, Russell Bragg, a Troy Police Officer

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Lucinda Darrah (“Darrah” or “plaintiff’) appeals the district court’s decision granting summary judgment to Officer Russell Bragg (“Bragg”) on her excessive force and malicious prosecution claims, both brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We AFFIRM the district court’s decision.

I. BACKGROUND

Early in the morning on October 8,1995, Lucinda Darrah arrived at the Detroit Newspaper Agency’s (“DNA”) Oak Park, Michigan distribution center to participate in an organized picketing in support of Detroit’s unionized newspaper workers. The picketing was…