Despite siding with police on qualified immunity, the panel said the underlying arrest may not have been not warranted.
April 29, 2022 at 04:44 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld qualified immunity to Ohio police who were sued by a man alleging his First Amendment rights were violated when he was arrested for creating a Facebook page that parodied the department.
But the judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ended their 17-page opinion upholding summary judgment for the officials by noting the man’s arrest may not have been not warranted.
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Judge Amul Thapar, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
