GALARNYK v. FRASER

No. 11-3065.

687 F.3d 1070 (2012)

Timothy GALARNYK, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Tom FRASER, Defendant-Appellee Mike Martin; Unknown Supervisor of Tom Fraser; Unknown Minneapolis Police Officers; Unknown Minnesota State Patrol/Troopers; and City of Minneapolis, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Applebaum , argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Thomas Campion Vasaly , AAG, argued, Marsha Eldot Devine , AAG, on the brief, St. Paul, MN, for appellee.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, MELLOY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


RILEY, Chief Judge.

On August 9, 2007, Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) Captain Thomas Fraser detained Timothy Galarnyk at the site of the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Galarnyk appeals the district court's1 adverse grant of summary judgment on Galarnyk's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 false arrest and First Amendment retaliatory arrest claims against Captain Fraser. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

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