CIVIL LIABILITY FOR FALSE AFFIDAVITS

false affidavit to secure an arrest warrant states a claim under section 1983 or Bivens.31 And, “where an officer knows, or has reason to know, that he has materially misled a magistrate on the basis for a finding of probable cause, … the shield of qualified immunity is lost.”32 A plaintiff in a section 1983 or Bivens action who alleges ................
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