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123545P.pdf   02/12/2014  Mary D. Branch  v.  Officer Timothy Gorman
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-3545
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Smith and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil Case - civil rights - qualified immunity. District court did not err 
   in granting summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity to 
   officer. Officer had probable cause to arrest Branch under the open 
   container law based on the presence of flask found under the passenger 
   seat where Branch had been seated, even if the officer proclaimed it 
   empty. Decision to arrest was reasonable.