SOSA v. MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA

No. 20-12781.

57 F.4th 1297 (2023)

David SOSA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA, Sheriff William Snyder, of Martin County, Florida in an official capacity, Deputy M. Killough, individually, Deputy Sanchez, individually, John Doe Martin County Deputies, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: January 20, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall L. Kallinen , Alex Johnson , Kallinen Law, PLLC, Houston, TX, Harris W. Gilbert , Gilbert & Smallman, PLLC, Hollywood, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Summer M. Barranco , Purdy Jolly Giuffreda Barranco & Jisa, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Melissa Lynn Pietrzyk , Martin County Board of County Commissioners, Legal Dept., Stuart, FL, for Defendant-Appellee Martin County, Florida.

Summer M. Barranco , Purdy Jolly Giuffreda Barranco & Jisa, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendants-Appellees William Snyder, M. Killough, Sanchez.

Rosenbaum, Circuit Judge, filed a dissenting opinion.


This appeal requires us to decide whether an individual detained for three days based on mistaken identity for a valid arrest warrant has stated a claim for relief under the Fourteenth Amendment for his over-detention. Deputy sheriffs arrested David Sosa based on a warrant for another man of the same name, detained him...

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