Case Name: Janet HENSHAW; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert DAUGHERTY; et al., Defendants, and Michael Kramer, Carl McClelland, Defendants-Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-04-04
Citations: 125 F. App'x 175
Docket Number: No. 04-15619; D.C. No. CV-03-00141-HDM/RAM
Parties: Janet HENSHAW; et al., Plaintiffs—Appellees, v. Robert DAUGHERTY; et al., Defendants, and Michael Kramer, Carl McClelland, Defendants—Appellants.
Judges: Before B. FLETCHER, TROTT, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 125
Pages: 175–176

Head Matter:
Janet HENSHAW; et al., Plaintiffs—Appellees, v. Robert DAUGHERTY; et al., Defendants, and Michael Kramer, Carl McClelland, Defendants—Appellants.
No. 04-15619.
D.C. No. CV-03-00141-HDM/RAM.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 23, 2005.
Decided April 4, 2005.
Elizabeth A. Cannon-Lynch, Sparks, NV, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Gregory R. Shannon, Washoe County District Attorney’s Office, Reno, NV, for Defendants-Appellants.
Before B. FLETCHER, TROTT, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Lieutenant Michael Kramer and Deputy Sheriff Carl McLelland ("the officers") ap peal the district court's interlocutory order denying their motion to dismiss this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action on qualified immunity grounds. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. See Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 528, 105 S.Ct. 2806, 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985). We review de novo, Grant v. City of Long Beach, 315 F.3d 1081, 1088-89 (9th Cir.2002), and we affirm.
Read in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, the second amended complaint alleges that the officers knowingly relied on false information to manufacture probable cause to arrest a minor for making a threatening telephone call. The district court properly determined that these allegations are sufficient to defeat qualified immunity at this stage of the proceedings. See Lee v. Gregory, 363 F.3d 931, 934 (9th Cir.2004) (qualified immunity does not protect officers that knowingly violate constitutional rights); Grant, 315 F.3d at 1088-89 (at the motion to dismiss stage, court must take allegations of complaint as true in determining qualified immunity).
The officers' contention that the district court should have taken judicial notice of the arrest warrant attached to their original motion to dismiss is unavailing. Plaintiffs allege the officers acted unlawfully in obtaining the warrant. Thus, even if the warrant appeared valid on its face, it would not entitle the officers to qualified immunity.
AFFIRMED.
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