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· 8/16/1984

Francis Nolan Augustine v. John Doe, Deputy Sheriff, Lafayette Parish

Citations

  • 740 F.2d 322
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 19500

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the “availability of notice and a hearing is therefore irrelevant” to substantive due process claims
  • stating that consent to entry is assumed to be sufficient to permit warrantless arrest
  • warrantless entry for purpose of arrest and seizure of plaintiffs dog amounted to substantive due process claim such that Parratt-Hudson was inapplicable
  • “Parratt posits a distinction between (1) the random and unauthorized (and hence unpredictable) conduct of a state actor, and (2
  • “[Qualified immunity and statutory immunity are not synonymous. A party must meet the requirements of each individual immunity in order to enjoy its protection.”
  • “Parratt applies only when the nature of the challenged conduct is such that the provision of predeprivation procedural safeguards is impracticable or infeasible.”

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Judges: Wisdom, Reavley, Johnson

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