Tapley v. Chambers

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant-police officer’s motion for summary judgment in section 1983 action alleging that defendant violated plaintiff’s 4^th Amendment rights, when it arrested him on charges of obstruction and resisting arrest after plaintiff had been initially stopped for playing loud music in his car. Record contained sufficient probable cause to support defendant's stopping and arresting defendant for speeding, and thus any issue as to whether defendant had probable cause to stop plaintiff for playing loud music or for arresting plaintiff for obstruction and resisting arrest was irrelevant. Fact that defendant did not arrest plaintiff for speeding did not require different result.