The following excerpt is from Dillman v. Tuolumne Cnty., 1:13-CV-00404 LJO SKO (E.D. Cal. 2013):
at the scene or at the arresting agency prior to release" on a misdemeanor charge); Washburn v. Fagan, 331 F. App'x 490, 492 n. 1 (9th Cir. 2009) (rejecting section 1983 challenge to reasonableness of arrest where officers declined to cite misdemeanor arrestee in the field and instead brought him to the station for booking, finding this conduct in conformity with California law).
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