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· 4/25/1967

In re Bechard

Citations

  • 54 C.C.P.A. 1638
  • 1967 CCPA LEXIS 347

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a reasonable official would attempt to verify identifying information in the face of the plaintiff's assertions of mistaken identity
  • holding that merely “negligent conduct does not give rise to § 1983 liability for resulting unintended loss of or injury to life, liberty, or property”
  • holding that “negligent conduct does not give rise to § 1983 liability for resulting unintended loss of or injury to life, liberty, or property”
  • holding that a reasonable official would attempt to verify identifying 19 information in the face of the plaintiff’s assertions of mistaken identity
  • holding that “negligent conduct does not give rise to § 1983 liability for resulting unintended loss of or injury to life, liberty, or property”
  • holding that a defendant's failure to verify that an arrestee was the fugitive sought on the arrest warrant raised a question of fact as to defendant's deliberate indifference toward the plaintiff's due process rights

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