The following excerpt is from Concepcion v. N.Y.C. Dep't of Educ., 19-1693-cv (2nd Cir. 2020):
"[S]ummary judgment dismissing a plaintiff's false arrest claim is appropriate if the undisputed facts indicate that the arresting officer's probable cause determination was objectively reasonable." Jenkins v. City of New York, 478 F.3d 76, 88 (2d Cir. 2007). "Probable cause exists when one has knowledge of . . . facts and circumstances that are sufficient to warrant a person of reasonable caution in the belief that an offense has been or is being committed by the person to be arrested." Williams v. Town of Greenburgh, 535 F.3d 71, 79 (2d
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Cir. 2008) (quotation marks omitted).
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