Court Opinion

ID: 9478573
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 06:52:16.279969+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:46:29.940620
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JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge,
concurring in the affirmance.
I agree that the judgment should be affirmed. While I agree with Judge Woll-man’s opinion, I am not convinced that it is necessary that we go this far. The panel opinion demonstrates that the issue of whether the traffic arrest was pretextual was not raised in the trial court. My examination of the record confirms that it was not. Indeed, an instruction offered by Warren conceded that he did not claim the arrest to be wrongful. (D.R. 40). This issue was not briefed when the case was before the panel. I am satisfied that the issue of unlawful detention was properly submitted. Further, the officers in relying on the Nebraska statute did not violate clearly established law and were protected by qualified immunity.