NOVAK v. CITY OF PARMA, OHIO

No. 21-3290.

33 F.4th 296 (2022)

Anthony NOVAK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF PARMA, OHIO; Kevin Riley and Thomas Connor, individually and in their official capacities as employees of the City of Parma, Ohio, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Donald Screen , THE CHANDRA LAW FIRM LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. D. John Travis , GALLAGHER SHARP, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Donald Screen , Subodh Chandra , THE CHANDRA LAW FIRM LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. D. John Travis , Richard C.O. Rezie , Zoran Balac , GALLAGHER SHARP, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees. David J. Carey , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION, Columbus, Ohio, Freda J. Levenson , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION, Cleveland, Ohio, Ronald London , FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION, Washington, D.C., Larry H. James , CRABBE, BROWN & JAMES, LLP, Columbus, Ohio, Alejandro V. Cortes , R. Todd Hunt , WALTER | HAVERFIELD LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Philip K. Hartmann , FROST BROWN TODD LLC, Columbus, Ohio for Amici Curiae.

Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; THAPAR and READLER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Anthony Novak thought it would be funny to create a Facebook page that looked like the Parma Police Department's. The Department was not amused. In fact, officers arrested Novak and prosecutors charged him with a state crime. Novak was acquitted at trial, and he now argues his constitutional rights were violated...

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