Mishtaku v. Espada

How courts have described this case

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

• finding a deputy sheriff acted as an arm of the state while making an investigatory stop and arrest
• finding a deputy was entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity for his law enforcement function in stopping and arresting the plaintiff
• “Carrying out an investigatory stop and making an arrest are quintessentially discretionary acts of law-enforcement officials.” (citations omitted)
• finding a deputy sheriff acted as an arm of the state while making an investigatory stop and arrest
• “Investigatory stops and arrests fall squarely within the traditional law-enforcement responsibilities of a sheriff and his deputies.”
• “[A]rrests fall squarely within the traditional law-enforcement responsibilities of a sheriff and his deputies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).