Legal Opinion
Maher Salama v. County of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 13, 2013No. 19-15607Unpublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
1. Maher Salama’s arrest pursuant to a valid, judicially issued warrant was supported by probable cause. Judge Diesman made an independent probable cause determination, based on a misdemeanor complaint filed by the assistant district attorney. Our deferential review of judicial probable cause findings is limited. We ask only whether the factual record presented to Judge Diesman provided a “substantial basis for concluding there was a fair probability” that Salama committed the offense. United States v. Gourde, 440 F.3d 1065, 1069 (9th Cir.2006) (en banc). Given the evidence in the…
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