MORRIS v. VERNIERO

No. 08-4145.

CHRISTOPHER MORRIS, Appellant, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Peter Verniero; GLYNN MOORE, Trooper; MARC STEPHENS, Trooper; FIRST ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, Paul Zoubek; SUPERINTENDENT OF NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE, Col. Carl A. Williams.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: December 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Bruno (ARGUED), Abramson & Denenberg, P.C., 1315 Walnut Street, 12th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Attorney for Appellant.

John C. Connell , John P. Kahn , Maureen T. Coghlan , Archer & Greiner, P.C., One Centennial Square, Haddonfield, New Jersey 08033.

Mary E. Wood (ARGUED), Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey, P.O. Box 112, 25 Market Street, Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton, NJ 08625, Attorneys for Appellees.

Before: FUENTES and CHAGARES, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, International Trade Judge.


NOT PRECEDENTIAL

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Morris appeals from the District Court's grant of summary judgment to the Appellees on his malicious prosecution and selective prosecution claims. While he recognizes that, in order to bring a malicious prosecution claim, he must show that his criminal case was "favorably terminated," he argues that the District Court held him to too high of a standard in resolving this question...

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