Legal Opinion
Cox v. Maine State Police
District Court, D. Maine
Decided May 27, 2004No. CIV.03-97-P-HPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ADOPTING IN PART AND REJECTING IN PART THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
HORNBY, District Judge.
The issue here is whether a state trooper should receive qualified immunity for a drug arrest he made after receiving approval from an assistant district attorney. The charges against the arrestee were later dropped.
The plaintiff John Cox (“Cox”) has asserted several state and federal claims against the Maine State Police, Trooper John Hainey (“Trooper Hainey”), and the Oxford County District Attorney’s Office (“DA’s Office”) arising out of his May 9, 2001, arrest for aggravated…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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