[connectthedots]

One would think the circuit court of appeals would reverse the summary judgment on the civil rights claims since the Adams have a prima facia case for violations of their civil rights. The problem on the civil rights claim might be a bit of difficulty in establishing that the teamster thugs were acting under color of law or official authority.

The fact that Adams was arrested when he in fact was the person assaulted would support such a claim; assuming Judicial Watch preserved the claim within the statutory time limitation period. If they didn't, the Adams might have a claim for legal malpractice against JW.

[WL-law]

For the civil rights claim the plaintiff has to prove that a state actor violated his rights -- and, from what I can gather, since Adams could not provide any threshold evidence to support a conspiracy between the alleged state actor (Randell) and the thugs, you can't sustain a civil rights claim.