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FONTE v. COLLINS

No. 89-1796.

898 F.2d 284 (1990)

Ronald FONTE, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. John COLLINS, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Kayatta, Jr., with whom Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, Me., were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Murrough H. O'Brien, Portland, Me., for plaintiff, appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the district court's denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment on the grounds of qualified immunity. The defendants, Portland, Maine, police officers, were sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for allegedly violating the fourth amendment rights of the plaintiff by arresting him without probable cause. Because the officers have not shown that they are entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of...

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