Legal Opinion
Chelsea Bechman v. Mitchell Magill
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 11, 2014No. 13-1142PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Late in the evening of March 29, 2009, Chelsea Bechman was at home, nursing her ten-month-old infant, when two Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police officers arrived at her door. The officers arrested Bechman, leading her out of her home in handcuffs on what would be identified the next morning as an invalid, recalled arrest warrant for failure to appear to contest a simple traffic violation: no proof of insurance. Bechman sued the officers pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating her constitutional right to be secure against unreasonable seizure. The district court 1 denied the…
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