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: Tenth Circuit Blog

By Shari Allison

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A couple of 10th Circuit cases and S. Ct. news. First, the 10th:Dodds v. Richardson, 2010 WL 3064002 (8/6/10) (Okl) (Published) - The 10th affirms a denial of qualified immunity in the context of a summary judgment where the sheriff had a policy of refusing to allow a person arrested for a felony to post bond until the arrestee was arraigned. As a result of the policy, the plaintiff spent a weekend in jail in violation of the due process right to post bail and be freed from detention once bail is set. The plaintiff was unnecessarily detained without a legitimate goal. The sheriff could not rely on the fact that the policy had been set by a prior sheriff, had been practiced for a long time, was initiated by the court clerk's office and the district courts and he did not personally order the particular plaintiff's over-detention...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tenth Circuit Blog on August 11, 2010 (boomark / email).