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Bias: probable cause ended the challenge to two holds
A pro se litigant with a pending matter before a judge was placed on two § 5150 holds nine days apart by the same officer; the second application recorded her statement that she would kill herself if the judge ruled against her; she was examined and released the same…
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Account 1
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2) · Batch 11
- Jurisdiction / date
- San Leandro / Alameda County, 14 and 23 May 2003; 9th Cir. 28 Nov 2007
- Mechanism
- 5150 ×2; PURPOSE question not reached
- What is documented
- A pro se litigant with a pending matter before a judge was placed on two § 5150 holds nine days apart by the same officer; the second application recorded her statement that she would kill herself if the judge ruled against her; she was examined and released the same evening each time, then sued under § 1983 and Civil Code § 51.7
- Finding or status
- JUDICIAL FINDING: probable cause existed; claims REJECTED (Bias v. Moynihan, 9th Cir. opinion)
- Limits
- The litigation context is the trigger for the hold, exactly the complaint-to-hold sequence the record tracks, but the court's analysis stops at the officer's reasonable belief
- Label
- VERIFIED (opinion)
Account 2
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2) · Batch 17
- Speech act
- Pending ruling from the judge she was litigating before
- Psychiatric act
- Two § 5150 holds
- Interval
- Days before/around the ruling; 9 days apart
- Who initiated
- Same officer twice
- Outcome label
- REJECTED (probable cause)
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Reference and provenance
2003-CA-SAN-LEANDRO-BIAS