Alejandro Velazquez v. City of Long Beach

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• holding that potential prejudice can be cured by an appropriate iimiting instruction
• stating that an arrest violates the Fourth Amendment 14 when an officer has no “probable cause or other justification” to execute the arrest
• explaining that the force used may be reasonable even where the arrest was unlawful for other reasons, such as a lack of probable cause
• explaining that a defendant cannot be convicted under § 148 for resisting or obstructing a police officer if the officer unlawfully arrests someone without probable cause
• recognizing a Monell claim based on evidence “that 6 the City had a policy or custom of failing to investigate and discipline officers who had allegedly 7 committed prior instances of excessive force.”
• finding that “the district court’s categorical exclusion of evidence [such as prior complaints and discipline] relevant to establishing Velazquez’s theory of municipal liability [was] an abuse of discretion,” and noting that any 404(b

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