Torrez v. Knowlton

OPINION

DRUKE, J. (Retired).

¶ 1 A Pima County deputy sheriff arrested Aurelio Torrez on a warrant that the issuing court had quashed some seven months before the arrest. Torrez sued the sheriff and the deputy, claiming false arrest and a civil rights violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After the parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the sheriff and the deputy on both claims, ruling that “legal justification existed, as a matter of law,” to arrest Torrez and that his federal civil rights had not been violated. We affirm.

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