Legal Opinion
Myers v. Koopman
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 20, 2013No. 12-1482, 12-1487PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
Jeremy Myers challenges the district court’s dismissal of his § 1983 malicious-prosecution claim alleging violations of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. In his complaint, he asserted that Detective Brian Koopman obtained an arrest warrant by fabricating facts to create the illusion of probable cause. As a result, Myers spent three days in custody.
Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we conclude that the district court rightly dismissed Myers’ Fourteenth Amendment claim because an adequate state remedy existed,- but we conclude that the district…
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