What is the test for making a false arrest?

Although a better procedure may have been for the officers to investigate plaintiff's version of events more completely, the arresting officer does not have to prove plaintiff's version wrong before arresting him. See Krause v. Bennett, 887 F.2d 362, 372 (2d Cir. 1989). Nor does it matter that an investigation might have cast doubt upon the basis for the arrest. Id. at 371. Before making an arrest, if the arresting officer has probable cause, he need not also believe with certainty that the arrestee will be successfully prosecuted. Id. Since no federal civil rights claim for false arrest can exist where the arresting officer had probable cause, Singer, 63 F.3d at 118, the district court properly granted summary judgment to defendants on this cause of action.

B. Excessive Force