Gerald Stephens v. Thomas Tolbert
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
The main issue presented by this appeal is one of first impression for this Circuit: whether the district court abused its discretion by accepting an argument raised for the first time in objections to the report and recommendation of a magistrate judge. Gerald Stephens, a Florida prisoner, appeals pro se the summary judgment against his complaint of false arrest by Delray Beach police officers Thomas Tol-bert and Kenneth E. Duarte. The district court granted summary judgment on the basis of an argument raised for the first time by Tolbert and Duarte in their objections to the report and…
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