Wright v. United States

The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the United States and the Deputy U.S. Marshals in their individual and official capacities on plaintiff's claims for false arrest, false imprisonment, abuse of process, and assault and battery under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). In this case, plaintiff was mistakenly arrested when defendants were executing an arrest warrant for another individual. Applying Missouri tort law, the court held that none of plaintiff's proposed facts contradicted a material fact that the district court relied on in conducting its summary judgment analysis; the district court did not err in granting summary judgment on the false arrest and false imprisonment claim where plaintiff's arrest and 20-minute detention were justified; defendants were also entitled to summary judgment on plaintiff's claims for abuse of process; and the court's prior holding on qualified immunity was dispositive of plaintiff's assault and battery claim. View "Wright v. United States" on Justia Law