60 F.4th 262

Armstrong v. Ashley

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 03/14/2023 - 15:17

Holding as “conclusory” allegations that defendants suppressed exculpatory police reports and “knowingly and deliberately failed to provide these reports to [defendant], his defense attorneys, or prosecutors” and that defendant would have used reports to impeach witnesses; faulting plaintiff for failing to identify each witness who would have been impeached, which testimony would have been discredited, and which defendant was responsible for suppressing each report; rejecting claim of fabricated evidence based on similar arguments about conclusory allegations; rejecting claims a

Armstrong v. Ashley

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 03/14/2023 - 15:11

Holding that Thompson v Clark, 142 S.Ct. 1332 (2022) overruled Castellano v. Fragozo, 352 F.3d 939 (5th Cir. 2003) with respect to the viability of a malicious prosecution claim under § 1983, and thus reinstated the elements found necessary by the Fifth Circuit in Gordy v. Burns, 294 F.3d 722 (5th Cir.