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· 7/17/2001

Daniel J. Leveto v. Robert A. Lapina

Citations

  • 258 F.3d 156
  • 88 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5786
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 15933

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “a complaint may be subject to dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) when an affirmative defense . . . appears on its face”
  • noting that an eight-hour incommunicado detention was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment
  • noting that the affirmative defense of qualified immunity “will be upheld on a 12(b)(6) motion only when the immunity is established on the face of the complaint.” (quotations omitted)
  • noting that an eight-hour incommunicado detention was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment
  • noting that the need to detain an 17 individual during a search to prevent the destruction of evidence at another location is minimized 18 once a search in the other location is underway.
  • collecting cases and stating “a pat down is lawful when, under the circumstances, an officer has a reasonable belief that the subject is armed and dangerous”

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