Talk:Hartman v. Moore

One Issue the article is not clear about is how Moore’s original lawsuit was resolved (Did he win a judgment on his favor?)

The article is not clear how the original lawsuit was resolved. How did the Supreme Courts majority ruling that "in order to prove that the prosecution was caused by a retaliatory motive, the plaintiff bringing such a claim must allege and prove that the criminal charges were brought without probable cause" effect Mr. Moore's case. The article states that prior to the case going befor the supreme court that Moore had succeded on getting his lawsuit reinstated against the postal inspectors and "FTCA claim against the United States" he was barred from suing the federal proscicutor on grounds of prosecutorial immunity. So then after the suppreme court ruling, does that mean his lawsuit was allowed to proceed or not and if so what was the outcome? Maybe I missed it but that article did not seem to be clear as whether he was able to prove in district court that there was a lack any of probable cause to charge him with a crime and thus whether his lawsuit could continue (The article seems to suggest the lawsuit had not gone to trial prior to the SCOTUS ruling). Thus, I think we need to a) clarify if his lawsuit ever went to trial and if so what the outcome of that trial was and b) How the Supreme Court ruling effected his case specifically (i.e. Had he met the supreme courts clarified standard regarding “lack of probable cause” prior to the case reaching SCOTUS and thus his lawsuit could proceed). While I understand this article focusing on the SCOTUS ruling clarifying a malicious persecution standard regarding lack of probable cause, that doesn’t preclude the article from explaining to the reader in clear terms how the original lawsuit that lead to the SCOTUS case was resolved. --Notcharliechaplin (talk) 16:05, 27 July 2021 (UTC)