Joshua Venckus v. City of Iowa City and Andrew Rich

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment for the city and detective on the plaintiff's continuing malicious prosecution claim because probable cause persisted throughout the criminal proceedings and the prosecutors, who possessed the same information as the detective, independently chose to continue the prosecution. The court also held that the plaintiff could not pursue direct damages claims under the specified Iowa constitutional provisions. The court expressly declined to decide whether Iowa recognizes a continuing malicious prosecution claim against a police officer.