F.4th, 2021 WL 4259153

Sosa v. Martin Co., FL

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 10:24

Plaintiff was mistakenly arrested on warrant for another man with same name for second time, and held for three days and nights after officers learned of information that raised significant doubts about his identity; plaintiff’s complaint established deliberate indifference to his Fourteenth Amendment right to be free from overdetention, which requires: (1) the defendant’s subjective knowledge of a risk of serious harm in the form of continued detention even after the plaintiff had a right to be released; (2) disregard of that risk; and (3) disregard by conduct that is more than mere neglig

Sosa v. Martin Co., FL

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 10:18

Deputy’s roadside arrest of wrong person was reasonable where arrestee and correct suspect had same name, were both male, of the same race, similar in age, and there was a 26-year time period between arrest and when warrant had been issued, even though the men had different birthdates and there was a 40-pound weight difference.