Legal Opinion
Swanson v. Scott
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided August 10, 2018No. Case No: 2:17-cv-67-FtM-99MRMPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN E. STEEL, SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
*1209This matter comes before the Court on defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. # 54) filed on May 8, 2018. Plaintiff filed a Response in Opposition (Doc. # 59) on May 25, 2018. For the reasons set forth below, the Motion is granted.
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This malicious prosecution case arises out of plaintiff David Swanson, Jr.'s arrest and prosecution for three controlled drug buys that took place in November and December of 2008. The underlying criminal prosecution resulted in a guilty verdict for which plaintiff served over three years imprisonment.…
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