Commonwealth v. Perfetto

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that malicious prosecution claim against FBI officers based on allegations of falsified affidavits arose in new context
• concluding that a Fourth Amendment claim presented a new context when the plaintiff alleged that officers “falsified affidavits” rather than “entered [a] home without a warrant”
• concluding that an unlawful-seizure claim under the Fourth Amendment presented a new context when the plaintiff alleged that officers “falsified affidavits,” rather than “entered [a] home without a warrant”
• concluding that a Fourth Amendment unlawful seizure claim presented a new context when the plaintiff alleged that officers “falsified affidavits,” rather than entered a home without a warrant in violation of the right to privacy
• explaining that differences in conduct are meaningful because “‘[j]udicial guidance’ differs across the various kinds of Fourth Amendment violations
• noting that the court must first determine whether the plaintiff's claims “fall into one of the three existing Bivens actions”

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