Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. Bonvicino
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 16, 2009No. 07-15102PublishedCited by 177 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
On August 22, 2003, two San Carlos Police Officers broke into Bruce Hopkins’ home. They did not have a warrant, nor did they have probable cause. All that they had was a statement from a third-party that Hopkins had been involved in an extremely minor traffic incident, an incident so minor that it did not cause as much as a scratch on either of the vehicles involved, and that he appeared ■ to have been drinking. Based on this information, the officers broke into Hopkins’ home with their flashlights shining and their guns drawn. When they found Hopkins, they handcuffed…
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