Akins v. Epperly

How courts have described this case

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• considering due process claim for inadequate investigation and explaining that 5 Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978). -6- “purposefully ignor[ing] evidence suggesting the defendant’s innocence” indicates a reckless failure to investigate
• “An officer’s negligent failure to investigate inconsistencies or other leads is insufficient to establish conscience- shocking misconduct.”
• substantive due process claim failed where officers were no more than negligent in failing to investigate shooting
• “[Plaintiff] highlights multiple errors and inconsistencies in [defendants’] investigation, but he has failed to show conscience-shocking reckless or intentional conduct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).