Peck v. Uhl

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• denying summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity where the plaintiff testified that he had broken no traffic laws, but officer testified that he had seen the plaintiff drive across lane lines
• noting that to avoid summary judgment on an equal protection claim, a plaintiff must “produce evidence sufficient to permit a reasonable trier of fact to find by a preponderance of the evidence that [the] decision . . . was racially motivated” (alterations in original
• disagreeing with the proposition “that because [plaintiff] is African-American, the officer is white, and they disagree about the reasonableness of the traffic stop, these circumstances are sufficient to raise an inference of racial discrimination”
• “In evaluating a custodial arrest executed by state officials, federal courts must determine the reasonableness of the arrest in reference to state law governing the arrest.” (internal quotation marks and alter- ation omitted)
• plaintiff failed to establish evidence of 5 discriminatory intent by presenting evidence that (1) police officer is White and he is Black; (2) the 6 officer was able to see the plaintiff’s race before pulling him over; (3

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