Legal Opinion

Resendiz v. Miller

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 25, 2000No. 99-30593PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Per curiam

Nahu Resendiz and Evaristo Landa Co-varrubias filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) alleging that the defendants violated their Fourth Amendment rights by arresting them without probable cause and without a warrant. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity after determining that the arrest was based on probable cause. We affirm.

We review the grant of a motion for summary judgment de novo, using the same criteria applied by the district court. See United States v. 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, 983 F.2d 670, 673 (5th…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Kerr v. LyfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
  2. United States v. Joshua A. LevineCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  3. United States v. WadleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  5. United States v. MendezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  4. United States v. NedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
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