Barrientos v. Haritos

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge.

On the evening of April 10, 2009, plaintiff — a passenger in a car pulled over for a traffic violation — was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance after defendant officers found on his person several small bits of paper they suspected of being coated with lysergic acid diethylamide (“LSD”). While plaintiff was in custody on the charge, however, laboratory tests revealed that the papers did not contain any illegal substances. The charge against plaintiff was dismissed, and plaintiff was released from custody,…