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Task: Warrants and Liability
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Messerschmidt v. Millender, 132 S.Ct. 1235 (2012).
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• An officer who obtains a warrant has a high degree of protection

from liability with respect to any argument that the search was not

supported by probable cause.

• A person bringing a lawsuit against an officer where the officer has
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sought a warrant has a high bar to get over in order to prevail

against the officer.

• It is only where the officer is plainly incompetent and where the
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person bringing the lawsuit can establish that an objectively

reasonable officer would know that the affidavit did not set out the

necessary probable cause.

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