Whitaker v. Garcetti

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that “the contours of the Fourth Amendment right against judicial deception” were clearly established by 1996
• holding that Heck barred plaintiffs’ claims “challeng[ing] the search and 16 seizure of evidence upon which their criminal charges and convictions were 17 based”
• noting that plaintiffs “challenge the search and seizure of the evidence upon which their criminal charges and convictions were based”
• holding that “[a] municipality is 21 liable if the individual can establish that the local government had a deliberate policy, custom, or practice that was the moving force behind the constitutional violation he suffered.” (cleaned up)
• holding that the Heck bar applies to Fourth Amendment claims
• explaining that a party wishing to challenge a post-judgment order awarding attorneys’ fees must file a separate notice of appeal or an amended notice of appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).