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Petition of the day

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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.

Recommended Citation: John Ehrett, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (May. 4, 2016, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/05/petition-of-the-day-928/