Federal appeals judges were unhappy with how a woman was jailed in the city of McDonough after she said she was unable to pay a $745 fine for driving without liability insurance, and they said she could pursue under state law a false imprisonment claim against the city.

But the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed U.S. District Court Judge Eleanor Ross’ dismissal of the woman’s central federal claims that her civil rights were violated.

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