The following excerpt is from Torres v. City of Los Angeles, 540 F.3d 1031 (9th Cir. 2008):
While "all officers ... have an ongoing duty to make appropriate inquiries regarding the facts received or to further investigate if sufficient details are relayed," Motley, 432 F.3d at 1081 (citation omitted), we have explained that "where an officer has an objectively reasonable, good-faith belief that he is acting pursuant to proper authority, he cannot be held liable if the information supplied by other officers turns out to be erroneous." id. at 1082 (citing United States v. Hensley, 469 U.S. 221, 232, 105 S.Ct. 675, 83 L.Ed.2d 604 (1985)). "The lynchpin is whether the officer's reliance on the information was objectively reasonable." Id.
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