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COATES v. DAUGHERTY

No. 91-1659.

973 F.2d 290 (1992)

Alvin COATES; Stephanie Benefield, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Timothy DAUGHERTY; Chester L. Toney, Defendants-Appellants, and Lisa A. Janiszewki, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Donald Andreoli, Jr., Sr. Asst. County Atty., Fairfax, Va., argued (Robert Lyndon Howell, Acting County Atty., on brief), for defendants-appellants.

David Barr Albo, Albo & Anderson, Vienna, Va., argued for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and RAMSEY, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

OPINION

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

Alvin Coates and Stephanie Benefield filed an action in the Eastern District of Virginia alleging that two Fairfax County police officers, Timothy Daugherty and Chester Toney, Jr., violated their constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by wrongly arresting them for shoplifting. Both parties consented to trial before a magistrate judge. The officers did not move for summary judgment. After trial, the magistrate judge...

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