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Thompson v. Reichert

The plaintiff's allegations that city authorities arrested him based on false pretenses at his employer's behest and then wrongly incarcerated him for several days as a result of that arrest raised judiciable claims for false arrest, false imprisonment, and violation of his civil rights under 42 USC §1983.

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Prison inmate Charles Thompson sought to file a pro se civil action in the Superior Court of Bibb County against Robert Reichert, the mayor of the City of Macon, and officers with the city’s police department to recover damages for an alleged false arrest, false imprisonment, and violation of his civil rights. The trial court found that Thompson’s pleading failed to allege a cause of action and denied his request to proceed in forma pauperis. Thompson appeals, and for the reasons set forth infra, we reverse the trial court’s order and remand this case with direction to the superior-court clerk to file the complaint.

The record shows that on October 25, 2011, Thompson, who was incarcerated in the Central State Prison, filed a pro se “Inmate Form for Civil Action,” alleging false arrest, false imprisonment, and a violation of his civil rights.1 It appears that Thomspon specifically alleged that he was arrested without probable cause by a City of Macon police officer, who did so at the behest of Thompson’s employer in order to create a reason to terminate his employment, and that he was then wrongfully incarcerated in the Bibb County Detention Center for several days as a result of that arrest.

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