Williams v. Ward

The vast majority of courts that have considered the principles enunciated in Gerstein v. Pugh, 420 U.S. 103, 95 S.Ct. 854, 43 L.Ed.2d 54 (1975) have held that an adult arrestee detained by a state must be provided a probable cause determination within twenty-four hours of arrest, if not sooner. See Bernard v. City of Palo Alto, 699 F.2d 1023, 1025 (9th Cir.1983) (per curium); Sanders v. City of Houston, 543 F.Supp. 694, 701-03 (S.D.Tex.1982), aff'd without opinion, 741 F.2d 1379 (5th Cir.1984); Lively v. Cullinane, 451 F.Supp. 1000, 1004 (D.D.C.1978); Cf. Dommer v. Hatcher, 427 F.Supp. 1040,…