Petition of the day
By John Ehrett
on May 4, 2016
Thepetition of the dayis:
15-1281
Issue:Whether individual detectives and an investigator are entitled to qualified immunity from a 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim for malicious prosecution based on allegations they knew or should have known the criminal suspect had cognitive limitations making his confession to a crime untrustworthy and not appropriately relied upon by law enforcement to support his arrest.
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John Ehrett,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (May. 4, 2016, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/05/petition-of-the-day-928/