MYERS v. KOOPMAN

Nos. 12-1482, 12-1487.

738 F.3d 1190 (2013)

Jeremy C. MYERS, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Brian KOOPMAN, Detective in the Loveland, Colorado Police Department, in his individual capacity, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Paul Fonfara of Fonfara Law Offices, Fort Collins, CO, (Randall Meyers of Law Office of Randall R. Meyers , Fort Collins, CO, with him on the briefs) for Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Kent N. Campbell of Wick & Trautwein, LLC, Fort Collins, CO, for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before BRISCOE, Chief Circuit Judge, O'BRIEN and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

Jeremy Myers challenges the district court's dismissal of his § 1983 malicious-prosecution claim alleging violations of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. In his complaint, he asserted that Detective Brian Koopman obtained an arrest warrant by fabricating facts to create the illusion of probable cause. As a result, Myers spent three days in custody.

Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we conclude that...

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