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Task: Arrest in Retaliation for Exercise of First Amendment

                                                                  Rights





          Nieves v. Bartlett, 139 S.Ct. 1715 (2019).

          • Generally, in the case of an arrest by an officer, probable cause will

               defeat a plaintiff’s allegation that the officer’s arrest  was in

               retaliation for  the exercise of the subject’s  First Amendment  rights





          UNLESS:






          • Plaintiff  can  show that officers generally exercise their discretion

               and do not arrest for this crime but arrested in the subject’s case
               because of  the protected speech.


          • Discovery will review data related to other arrests for the particular

               offense.






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