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172017P.pdf 05/10/2018 Renee Williams v. Dean Mannis
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-2017
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
[PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, withe Wollman and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil rights. In this appeal of an order denying defendant's
motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity, the district
court erred in denying the motion; while law enforcement corruptly
conducting an investigation with a view towards presenting knowingly false
charges against an innocent person might well represent the type of
conscience-shocking behavior needed to establish a Section 1983 claim,
plaintiff did not present any evidence beyond surmise that would allow a
reasonable fact-finder to conclude that this happened; defendant was also
entitled to state law statutory immunity on plaintiff's claims for the
tort of outrage as the evidence failed to show he intended to inflict
emotional distress on plaintiff or engage in outrageous conduct.