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TORCHINSKY v. SIWINSKI

No. 90-2660.

942 F.2d 257 (1991)

William TORCHINSKY; Sylvia Torchinsky, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SIWINSKI, individually, and as Deputy Sheriff of Guilford County, North Carolina; the County of Guilford, North Carolina, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Alexander Vreeland, Carruthers & Roth, P.A., Greensboro, N.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James Edwin Pons, Deputy County Atty., Guilford County Attys. Office, Greensboro, N.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before PHILLIPS and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, Senior District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal illustrates the importance of qualified immunity in protecting law enforcement officers from litigation that could impair their ability to protect the public. In this case, Deputy Sheriff E.L. Siwinski sought the arrest of appellants William and Sylvia Torchinsky after the victim of a brutal assault identified them as his assailants. Siwinski's supervisor corroborated his judgment that he had probable cause to...

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