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PORTERFIELD v. LOTT

No. 97-2254.

156 F.3d 563 (1998)

Sherman O. PORTERFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leon LOTT; Faye Anthony; Berry Brown, Defendants-Appellants, and Richland County, a political subdivision; Richland County Sheriff's Department; John Doe; Richard Roe; State of South Carolina, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Andrew Frederick Lindemann, Ellis, Lawhorne, Davidson & Sims, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants. Thomas Keith Fowler, Jr., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: William H. Davidson, II, James M. Davis, Jr., Ellis, Lawhorne, Davidson & Sims, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants.

Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

After money laundering and drug trafficking charges were unsuccessfully prosecuted by Richland County, South Carolina officials against Sherman Porterfield, Porterfield sued three sheriff's deputies under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for arresting him and pressing the charges against...

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