Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a false arrest, denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity to defendant-officer is reversed where he had arguable probable cause to arrest plaintiff for criminal contempt and probable cause to commence a criminal contempt proceeding against him.
Read Droz v. McCadden, No. 08-0241
Appellate Information
Argued: March 9, 2009
Decided: September 14, 2009
Judges
Per Curiam
Counsel
For Appellant:
Denise A. Hartman, Assistant Solicitor General, Albany, NY
For Appellee: