Legal Opinion
Uboh v. Reno
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 18, 1998No. 95-8557PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This ease requires that we decide whether a prosecutor’s unilateral decision to dismiss some counts of an indictment following a defendant’s conviction on other counts of the same indictment constitutes favorable termination for purposes of the defendant’s subsequent Bivens 1 action for malicious prosecution. Further, we must determine, in light of the particular facts presented in this ease, when the causes of action alleged in the complaint accrued and whether these claims are time-barred. The district court dismissed this case after finding that the plaintiff had…
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