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· 1/5/2015

Michael A. Rivas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding four-hour detention of witness to a police shooting was not reasonable
  • detaining a non-suspect witness for two hours in handcuffs in a police car is unreasonable
  • affirming the grant of qualified immunity on second appeal because officers reasonably believed witness had consented to being detained and interviewed
  • “We are not limited to the district court’s reasons for its grant of summary judgment and may affirm the district court’s summary judgment on any ground raised below and supported by the record.”

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