Murcia v. County of Orange.

• Position: False imprisonment cases - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

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Murcia v. County of Orange, 185 F.Supp.2d 290 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). An arrestee who was, according to the court, "the unfortunate victim of mistaken identity" was arrested by city police officers who believed he was the same person named in a federal arrest warrant. The arrestee brought a [section] 1983 claim because he was subjected to one strip search at the city police department and three subsequent strip searches at a county correctional facility. The district court granted the arrestee's motion to amend his complaint, dropping false...