Legal Opinion
Shawn Massey v. J.J. Ojaniit
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 21, 2014No. 13-1460PublishedCited by 452 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge THACKER joined.
KING, Circuit Judge:
In early 2010, plaintiff Shawn Massey was released from a North Carolina prison after a state court in Mecklenburg County struck five verdicts that had been ren dered against him in 1999. Following his release, Massey initiated this civil action against officers of the Charlotte-Mecklen-burg Police Department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and North Carolina law, alleging, inter alia, that they had fabricated evidence that led to his arrest,…
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