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221046P.pdf 01/26/2023 Dennis Ryno v. City of Waynesville
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-1046
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Colloton and Grasz, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil rights. At the time the defendant officer arrested
plaintiff, a reasonable officer would have believed plaintiff had
committed or was committing the offenses of violating an order of
protection, stalking or harassment; as a result, plaintiff's arrest was
not a Fourth Amendment violation, and the officers were entitled to
qualified immunity; even if the officers did not have probable cause to
arrest plaintiff, his right to be free from unreasonable seizure was not
clearly established under these facts; with respect to plaintiff's claim
for conspiracy to cause false arrest or unreasonable seizure, defendant
was, at the time of the incident, subject to a probation condition
requiring him to submit to searches of his person and residence; under
these circumstances, the Fourth Amendment requires no more than a
reasonable suspicion to conduct a search of the plaintiff's house, even
without a warrant, and the officers had a reasonable suspicion; the court
assumes, without deciding, that the reasonable suspicion standard also
applied to a search of the plaintiff's computer; the officers were
entitled to qualified immunity on plaintiff's unreasonable search claim.