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122953P.pdf 08/05/2013 Robert Saterdalen v. James Spencer
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-2953
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Murphy and Smith, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil rights. In light of the facts known to the police
officer who sought a warrant for plaintiff's arrest for failure to comply
with the reporting requirements of Minnesota's predatory offender statute,
and in light of the ambiguity in the statute's language, the court could
not say that no reasonably competent officer would have applied for an
arrest warrant; as a result, the officer was entitled to qualified
immunity on plaintiff's civil rights claims arising out of his arrest,
extradition and detention; prosecuting attorney was entitled to absolute
immunity for his acts in reviewing and approving the criminal complaint
against plaintiff.