Opinion ID: 733947
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Heading: City of Los Angeles

Text: 7 Stussy contends that the City of Los Angeles violated his constitutional rights when they sent notice of his upcoming arraignment to the wrong address. Stussy contends that this error resulted in the issuance of an invalid warrant and his subsequent arrest without due process. Stussy's contention of a constitutional violation fails because the warrant in this case was issued upon probable cause. See Baker v. McCollan, 443 U.S. 137, 144 (1979) (arrest based on probable cause cannot be the basis of a constitutional violation); Gerstein v. Pugh, 420 U.S. 103, 120 (1975) (finding probable cause when the facts and circumstances within the arresting officer's knowledge would lead a reasonable prudent person to believe that a crime has been committed). 8 Even if Stussy could show a constitutional violation arising from the fact that he never received notice of the hearing, his section 1983 action would fail under Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. 436 U.S. 658, (1978) because Stussy has not shown that the City habitually misaddressed notification letters so as to result in the issuance of invalid warrants. See Erdman, 926 F.2d at 882.