Moses v. Mele, No. 12-1729 (1st Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, her son Kyle, and Kyle's girlfriend Catherine lived together. In 2008, Kyle was the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident in New Hampshire. Defendant was among the police officers who responded to the scene. Kyle was then arrested. Catherine, who witnessed the accident, and Plaintiff went to the police station. Defendant warned Catherine against leaving the police department and threatened to obtain a warrant for her arrest if she left. Plaintiff, however, counseled Catherine to leave and escorted her out of the police station. Defendant subsequently filed a criminal complaint charging Plaintiff with witness tampering. The charge was later dismissed. Plaintiff then filed an action against Defendant in the U.S. district court for false arrest under the Fourth Amendment and malicious prosecution under state law. The district court granted summary judgment for Defendant, concluding that Defendant was entitled to qualified immunity on the federal constitutional claim and official immunity on the state-law claim. Finding no error, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.
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