Opinion ID: 4561957
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Heading: Reckless Investigation

Text: Harvard argues that the District Court erred in granting summary judgment for the defendants on the reckless investigation claim. Harvard asserts that his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment were violated because the officers intentionally chose not to investigate Sutton’s violent attack against Harvard. We have never recognized an independent due process right to be free from a reckless investigation. See Geness v. Cox, 902 F.3d 344, 354 n.5 (3d Cir. 2018) (expressing “doubts” as to the viability of a reckless investigation claim). We have also held that, even if such a claim were cognizable, it “could only arise under the Fourth Amendment.” Id. We will therefore affirm the District Court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendants as to the reckless investigation claim.9