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Second Circuit· 12/19/1997

Lee v. Sandberg

Citations

  • 136 F.3d 94
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 35656

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  • finding that officer defendants had arguable probable cause to arrest the plaintiff based on a victim's falsified report of domestic violence
  • holding that the officers were 27 entitled to qualified immunity where they arrested the plaintiff based on his wife’s claim that he karate-chopped her arm despite the officer not seeing any signs of physical assault such as bruising or swelling
  • noting that an officer may rely on a complaint to establish probable cause and cannot be held liable for a constitutional violation simply because the complaint turns out to have been false
  • finding that an arresting officer has probable cause to effect an arrest if informed of a crime by a purported victim “absent circumstances that raise doubts as to the victim’s veracity”
  • “The right not to be arrested without probable cause is a clearly established right.”
  • “[A]bsent circumstances that raise doubts as to the victim’s veracity[,] . . . [t]he veracity of citizen complaints who are the victims of the very crime they report to the police is assumed.”

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