Christine Hunter and Barbara Jean Mims v. George A. Clardy, Kenneth F. Copeland

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This civil rights case, arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, concerns the alleged false arrest of one of two plaintiffs, mother and daughter, effected during a single encounter. The district court found that the appellant law enforcement officer violated the civil rights of one of the plaintiffs by arresting her without probable cause and with the motive of intimidating the other plaintiff. The appellant was the only one of several defendants to be found liable. We reverse.

According to the district court’s findings of fact based on conflicting evidence, which the…