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Roberts v. City of Fairbanks

Ruling by

Richard C. Tallman

Lower Court

USDC Alaska

Lower Court Judge

H. Russel Holland

dissenting Judge(s)

Sandra S. Ikuta
Vacatur-by-settlement does not categorically bar malicious prosecution claims under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983; the trial court's settlement approval and subsequent formal vacatur order may functionally invalidate the underlying conviction.



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