Peterson v. California

TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

Neil Peterson appeals the district court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings to the County of Nevada in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Peterson alleged that California Proposition 115 (“Prop. 115”), the Crime Victims Justice Reform Act, violates his constitutional rights under the Fourth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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Prop. 115, which was adopted by California voters in 1990, added both constitutional and statutory language to permit a probable cause determination at a…