Opinion ID: 655577
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Heading: Retaliatory Prosecution of Lirio

Text: 21 Count One alleged that Sellers-Sampson, Danziger, and Hurley had Lirio prosecuted on the obstruction and resistance charges to deter Lirio from filing a civil action against the City. No evidence showed that Sellers-Sampson, Hurley, or Danziger had anything to do with the decision whether or not to prosecute Lirio. Defendants are, at least, entitled to qualified immunity because no facts before us show defendants violated clearly established law. See Lindsey v. Storey, 936 F.2d 554, 563 (11th Cir.1991) (where no evidence showed defendant caused detention, summary judgment was proper); Barts, 865 F.2d at 1195-96 (police were not liable for trial, conviction, and incarceration because prosecutor broke chain of causation after allegedly false arrest).