Woodston Maddox v. Andrea Miller

Whether a person who was arrested and booked, but never actually confined in jail or subjected to substantial pretrial restrictions, suffers a deprivation of liberty sufficient to state a Fourth Amendment “malicious prosecution” claim against the arresting police officer.

Whether a person who is indicted on multiple charges, including a charge not brought by the arresting officer, can prevail on a Fourth Amendment “malicious prosecution” claim against that officer when there is no record of what was presented to the grand jury, and the officer’s role in the “prosecution” consisted only of the arrest itself and associated testimonial actions.

Whether an officer is entitled to qualified immunity for a Fourth Amendment “malicious prosecution” claim when this Court has never expressly recognized the existence of such a claim or defined its potential parameters, the circuits are split as to what can constitute a “seizure” that would support such a claim if indeed it does exist, and the Sixth Circuit has never previously held that a “malicious prosecution” claim was viable in a case with similar facts to those presented here.