John Pinson v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association

Mar 28, 2016
15-11772
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Grovner‘s claims of discrimination.5

AFFIRMED.

Jason M. Wandner, Jason M. Wandner, PA, Miami Beach, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Bruce Wallace Jolly, Purdy Jolly Giuffreda & Barranco, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Defendant-Appellee.

PER CURIAM:

Detective Mark Shireman arrested Oscar and Lizabeth Rodriguez on charges of dealing in stolen property, in violation of Florida Statutes § 812.019. However, the state attorney ultimately dropped the charges. Thereafter, the Rodriguezes filed a complaint in district court raising 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state malicious prosecution claims against Shireman. The Rodriguezes asserted that Shireman violated their Fourth Amendment rights and engaged in malicious prosecution because he arrested them without probable cause. The district court granted summary judgment to Shireman on all of the Rodriguezes’ claims. This appeal followed.

After careful consideration of the record and the parties’ briefs, we affirm substantially for reasons given by the opinion of the district court. See Rodriguez v. Shireman, No. 2:13-cv-14453-JEM (S.D.Fla. May 13, 2015).

AFFIRMED.

Notes

5
Grovner initially had argued that his qualifications were superior to those of the other applicants, but he has abandoned that argument on appeal. See Sapuppo v. Allstate Floridian Ins. Co., 739 F.3d 678, 680-81 (11th Cir. 2014) (issues not briefed are deemed abandoned). In addition, because Grovner does not independently address his §§ 1981 and 1983 claims against Hay, we affirm those claims along with his Title VII claims.
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