
(1) For a federal civil rights lawsuit to be sustained, a plaintiff must prove that law enforcement officers violated a federal statutory or constitutional right and that the unlawfulness of their conduct was clearly established at the time.
(2) So long as there is probable cause supporting an arrest for some offense, it is legally irrelevant that the arresting officers may have chosen the wrong offense.
(3) A finding of probable cause requires only that there be a fair probability or substantial chance that an ....