Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit December 15, 1998, No. 97-1476 (Torres v. McLaughlin)

lead-opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

Felix Torres sued John McLaughlin, a Philadelphia police officer assigned to the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics Investigations Task Force, and John Sunderhauf, McLaughlin’s supervisor, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the officers maliciously prosecuted Torres and thereby violated his constitutional rights.