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· 9/21/2023

United States v. Warnagiris

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that three days of admittedly improper pre-trial detention did not amount to a deprivation of liberty without due process
  • holding that once a police officer has a reasonable basis to believe there is probable cause to arrest, the officer is not required to explore or eliminate every theoretically plausible claim of innocence before making an arrest
  • stating that the first step in a § 1983 analysis is to identify the specific constitutional right involved
  • recognizing that there is a due.process violation when a person is “detained indefinitely in the face of repeated protests of innocence even though the warrant under which he was arrested and detained met the standards of the Fourth Amendment”
  • finding that arrestee was \deprived of his liberty\ when detained in county jail for three days
  • holding there is no cognizable constitutional claim 26 for wrongful detention pursuant to a valid warrant

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Judges: Judge Paul L. Friedman

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