· 6/22/2010
Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. v. Holder
Citations
- 719 F. Supp. 2d 1217
How courts have described this case
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- concluding, in the Rule 12(b)(6) context, that although plaintiff was arrested on the basis of firearms discovered in an illegal search, defendants still had probable cause to arrest sufficient to defeat a false-arrest claim
- declining to dismiss search and seizure claim “[i]n an abundance of caution” based on two-hour detention prior to illegal search
- noting that the “defendants seem to conflate probable cause to arrest with probable cause to believe that the plaintiff could be successfully prosecuted,” and that “[o]nly the latter kind of probable cause is at issue with respect to the malicious prosecution claim.”
- denying motion to dismiss malicious prosecution claims, finding that a lack of probable cause existed where “[p]laintiff clearly allege[d] that [the defendant] filed charges against [p]laintiff after the arrest pursuant to an unlawful search”
- denying motion to dismiss malicious prosecution claims, finding that a lack of probable cause existed where “[p]laintiff clearly allege[d] that [the defendant] filed charges against [p]laintiff after the arrest pursuant to an unlawful search”
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Judges: Mollway
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