The following excerpt is from Fortson v. L. A. City Attorney's Office, No. 15-55497 (9th Cir. 2017):
The panel rejected plaintiff's claims that he was falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted. The panel concluded that since the record reflected that plaintiff's arrest and prosecution were based on probable cause that he possessed the weapons unlawfully, he necessarily could not be granted relief on these claims. The panel further rejected plaintiff's claims that his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated because he was never read a warning regarding his rights per Miranda v. Arizona. Finally, the panel rejected
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