CA7: Illegal detention claim accrues on release

Plaintiff’s Fourth Amendment pretrial detention claim accrued when he was released from detention, so it was barred by the statute of limitations. His post trial detention claim based on malicious prosecution is a due process claim, and it was improperly dismissed. Brown v. City of Chicago, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 37984 (7th Cir. Dec. 22, 2021).*

Plaintiffs’ house was destroyed by fire, and State Farm paid off on the house but not the contents. About a year later, State Farm caused state officials to prosecute for insurance fraud, but it was dismissed for lack of evidence. Plaintiffs’ claim against the state officials for not further investigating is dismissed. There was probable cause as far as they knew. Davis v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 244720 (N.D.Ga. Dec. 23, 2021).*

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