The following excerpt is from Espinoza v. Cal. Highway Patrol, No. 1:16-cv-00193-DAD-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2016):
1. The Fourth Amendment protects pre-trial detainees from mistreatment from arrest up until the time the arrestee is in custody, while the Fourteenth Amendment governs treatment during the period of confinement after an arrestee is in custody. Torres v. City of Madera, 524 F.3d 1053, 1056 (9th Cir. 2008) (quoting Robins v. Harum, 773 F.2d 1004, 1010 (9th Cir. 1985)).
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