ACOSTA v. AMES DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.

No. 04-1016.

386 F.3d 5 (2004)

Casilda ACOSTA, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. AMES DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce P. Gladstein on brief for appellants.

Marc DeSisto, Kathleen M. Daniels and DeSisto Law on brief for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Casilda Acosta invites us to vacate a summary judgment order terminating her suit for false arrest under, inter alia, 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Discerning no error in the district court's disposition of the matter, we decline Acosta's invitation.

The facts are uncomplicated. Glenn Powers worked as a store detective for Ames Department Stores, Inc....

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