N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT M AR C O ANTONIO GAR C IA, an individua l, Plaintiff - Appe lle e , v. UNITED STATES OF AM ER IC A, De fe nda

nt, And R AYM OND A. ESC OB AR , AKA R ay Esc oba r, De fe nda

nt - Appe lla

nt. No. 11-56982

D.C . No. 8:09-c v-01169-DOC R NB M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the C e ntra l Distric t of C a lifornia Dav id O. C arte r, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Argue d an d Subm i tte d De c e m be r 3, 2013 Pa sa de n a , C a l ifornia B e fore : D.W . NELSON, W ARDLAW , a

nd R AW LINSON, C irc uit Judge s.



# FIL ED D EC 24 2013 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U
. S
. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public a t ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by 9th C ir. R . 36-3.In this Biv e ns a c tion, M a rc o Antonio Ga

rc ia a sse rts Fourth Am e ndm e nt c la im s a ga inst Im

m igration a

nd C ustom s Enforc e m e nt Spe c ia l Age nt R ay Esc oba r, arising from

Ga rc ia ’ s a ppa re ntly wrongful a

rre st a nd indic t m e nt a s a c ourie r in a globa l m o ne y -la

unde ring c onspira c y . Esc oba r a ppe a ls the distric t c ourt’ s de nia l of qua lifie d im

m unity on his m otion for sum

m a ry judgm e nt. W e have jurisdic tion pursua nt to 28 U.S.C . § 1291, a

nd we a ffirm . 1. The distric t c ourt did not err in holding tha t the re wa s a

ge nuine dispute of m ate ria l fa c t a s to whe the r proba ble c a u se supporte d Ga

rc ia ’ s a rre st. Am ong the dispute d fa c tua l issue s c orre c t ly ide ntifie d

by the distric t c o urt a

re : whe the r any one a c tua lly ide ntifie d Ga rc ia be fore his a

rre st; whe the r Esc oba

r m a de a re c kle ss or de libe rate m isre pre se ntation by listing De t e c tive M ore no a s ha ving ide n tifie d Ga

rc ia ; a nd whe the r Esc o ba

r re c kle ssly

or de l ibe rate ly

withhe ld e xc ulpa tory inform at ion by e x c luding re le va nt photogra

phs from his re port. A ge nuine d ispute e x ists a s to whe the r a prude nt pe rson would ha ve c o nc lude d

tha t the re wa s a

fa ir proba

bility tha t the c ourie r wa s Ga

rc ia . Pe n g v . Me i C

hin Pe nghu , 335 F.3d 970, 976 (9th C ir. 2003). 2. The distric t c ourt did not err in holding tha t Esc oba r fa ile d to show that the e vide ntia

ry pre sum ption tha t a c rim ina l prose c ution re sults from the prose c utor’ s inde pe nde nt de te rm ination of proba b l e c a use re nde rs Esc oba

r 2im

m une . Aw abdy

v . C ity of Ade lanto , 368 F.3d 1062, 1067 (9th C i r. 2004). A ge nuine d ispute of m a te ria l fa c t e x ists a s to whe the r Esc oba r e nga ge d in re c kle ss or de libe ra t e m isre pre se ntations or omissions. G albraith v . C nty . of Santa C

l ara , 307 F.3d 1119, 1126 (9th C ir. 2002). The re is a lso a ge nuine dispute a s to whe the r any m isre pre se ntations or omissions we re m a te ria l to the prose c u tor’ s proba ble c a use de te rm i nation. Id. Although the prose c utor a lso re lie d on a re p ort subm itte d by the D rug Enforc e m e nt Adm inistra tion, tha t re port in turn re lie d he avily on Esc oba r’ s re port to ide n t ify Garc ia a s the c ourie r. 3. The distric t c ourt did not err in holding tha t the la w wa s c l e arly e sta blishe d. An obje c tive l y re a sona ble offic e r would ha

ve known tha

t m aking re c k le ss or de libe rate m isre pre se ntations or omissions in a re port to a

prose c utor, whic h re sulte d in a

n arre st without proba

ble c a use , viola te s the arre ste e ’ s Fourth Am e ndm e nt rights. Id. ; Barlow v . Ground

, 943 F.2d 1132, 1137 (9th C ir. 1991). 4. The distric t c ourt did not err by re je c ting Esc oba

r’ s a rgum e nt tha

t e xe c uting a

va lid a rre st wa rra nt e ntitle s him

to qua lifie d im

m unity for pre p aring the p rose c ution re port. Se e Harris v . Rode ric k , 126 F.3d 1189, 1198 (9th C ir. 1997) (“ Offic e rs who in good faith re lie d upon . . . reports m ay

we ll be a ble to a sse rt a suc c e ssful qua lifie d im

m unity de fe nse . . . . The fa

b ric a tors of a fa lse story that m i sle d the m

c annot.” ). 3AFFIRM E D.

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