GREER v. TURNER

No. 80-7489 Summary Calendar.

639 F.2d 229 (1981)

Roderick M. GREER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Howard TURNER et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

March 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roderick M. Greer, pro se.

J. R. Brooks, U. S. Atty., Holly L. Wiseman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., James D. Chadbourne, Asst. City Atty., Huntsville, Ala., for Turner, Petty & Norment.

Before HILL, FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Roderick M. Greer, who has been convicted (and whose conviction has been affirmed) of bank robbery, brought this action against the local and federal officers who arrested him, alleging false arrest and illegal detention. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant officers, finding "that the officers who arrested the plaintiff in this case acted with probable cause or with a sincere good-faith belief that probable cause...

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