LEO Essays, SOV IMM COPY COPY Flashcards
LEO Battery + False Arrest:
A. Protection
1) What Amendment?
2) What type of facts?
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B. Stop with what?
1) State 2 elements.
A. Protection.
1) 4th amend = s&s + 42 USC 1983
2) Shooting, crash.
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B. Stop w/ Qualified.
1) Discretionary,
2) Clearly estab rt (reas PO wd know)
What protection shd an arrestee get from the constitution to keep him free of LEO Battery + False Arrest?
4th amendment protects search & seizure.
What is the 1st thing LG shd claim when facing 4th amendment LEO Battery + False Arrest?
Qualified immunity.
Lay out the 3 step analysis for a 4th amendment LEO excessive force.
Analysis. 1. Presume LEO good faith. 2. Std. Obj reas in-the-moment. 3. Key: Arrest permits physical.
What law must you ALWAYS include when alleging a 4th amendment LEO Battery + False Arrest?
LIST:
4th = search + seizure ~crash, battery, false arrest
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14th = life, lib w/ subst due process ~iied, no crash
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1983 = indiff to const rts ~train/hire
What type of fact pattern triggers a 4th amendment claim?
Excessive force (beating) & seizure (shooting/car crash/false arrest)
What constitutional claim might someone make who has been in a car chase w/ police without a crash?
LIST:
4th = search + seizure ~crash, battery, false arrest
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14th = life, lib w/ subst due process ~iied, no crash
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1983 = indiff to const rts ~train/hire
1) What kind of behavior does ‘subst dp’ keep you free of?
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2) How stop?
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3) What does it pair well with?
1) Arbitrary (egregious).
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2) Stop w/ Qualified. Discretionary, clearly estab rt. 4th amendmt.
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3) Pairs well w/ State Tort – Intended to Inflict ROC to person.
What 2 laws must you ALWAYS include when alleging substantive due process?
LIST:
4th = search + seizure ~crash, battery, false arrest
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14th = life, lib w/ subst due process ~iied, no crash
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1983 = indiff to const rts ~train/hire
What is the 1st thing LG shd claim when facing 14th amendment subst dp?
Qualified immunity.
What are LG’s defenses to 14th Amendment, subst dp?
(1) More definite avail.
(2) Public purp, not egregious, arbitrary.
(3) Failure to assert 42 USC 1983
What type of fact pattern triggers a 14th amendment claim?
LIST:
4th = search + seizure ~crash, battery, false arrest
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14th = life, lib w/ subst due process ~iied, no crash
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1983 = indiff to const rts ~train/hire
What might pair well w/ a 14th amendment subst. dp claim?
Why?
LIST:
4th = search + seizure ~crash, battery, false arrest
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14th = life, lib w/ subst due process ~iied, no crash
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1983 = indiff to const rts ~train/hire
What constitutional violation might a criminal or citizen claim vs LEO’s employer?
Under what law?
LIST:
4th = search + seizure ~crash, battery, false arrest
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14th = life, lib w/ subst due process ~iied, no crash
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1983 = indiff to const rts ~train/hire
What does 42 USC 1983 protect you from?
Deliberate indifference to constitutional rts.
What kind of fact pattern triggers a ‘failure to train’ claim under 42 USC 1983?
All sorts.
Crash/shooting/welfare check/beating.
State the 3 step analysis of a ‘failure to train’ claim under 42 USC 1983, i.e., what must PL show?
when Failing a Train,
(1) PI (2)CK
yet a DI
(3) C
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1) Custom or policy of inadeq training
2) Actual or constr knowledge yet deliberate indiff.
3) Delib indiff = cz of injury
What are 2 defenses to a ‘failure to train’ claim under 42 USC 1983?
PL failed to show:
(a) Custom or policy or
(b) Delib indiff.
What are the 3 elements of a State claim of battery by LEO?
[Bat Intends Homerun for Person]
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1. Affirm intentnl inflict of
2. Harmful or offensive contact
3. Upon PL.