Legal Opinion
Claudine L. Boyce, Also Known as Marilyn Boyce v. Vera Fernandes and City of Peoria, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 26, 1996No. 95-2610PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Claudine Boyce appeals from the dismissal, on summary judgment, of a damages suit for false arrest that she brought against Vera Fernandes, a Peoria police officer, and the City of Peoria. The suit against Fernandes is based exclusively on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and was dismissed on the ground of public officers’ immunity. A supplemental state law claim naming both Fernandes and the City as defendants was also dismissed.
Where the only issue bearing on immunity is whether the defendant had probable cause to make the search or arrest that is challenged, merits and immunity merge;…
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