Week of November 1, 2022

Towne v. Donnelly

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 11/01/2022 - 10:16

First Amendment claim for retaliatory prosecution accrued when plaintiff learned that defendants had indicted him on charges that he believed to be retaliatory, thus statute of limitations began to run when plaintiff was indicted, not when he was acquitted.

Clinton v. Garrett

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 11/01/2022 - 10:07

Officers who stopped vehicle because they claimed they could not read the temporary license plate tag in vehicle’s rear window and because a passenger gave them a suspicious look, violated plaintiff’s clearly established rights and were not entitled to qualified immunity, affirming summary judgment in favor of plaintiff; failure to make out the tag did not constitute a particularized basis for believing vehicle was unregistered.