Legal Opinion
Muehler v. Mena
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 22, 2005No. 03-1423PublishedCited by 807 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
Respondent Iris Mena was detained in handcuffs during a search of the premises that she and several others occupied. Petitioners were lead members of a police detachment executing a search warrant of these premises. She sued the officers under Rev. Stat. § 1979, 42 U. S. C. § 1983, and the District Court found in her favor. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment, holding that the use of handcuffs to detain Mena during the search violated the Fourth Amendment and that the officers’ questioning of Mena about her immigration status during the detention constituted an independent Fourth…
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