The following excerpt is from Long v. County of Los Angeles, 103 F.3d 139 (9th Cir. 1996):
"Arrest by police officers without probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment's guarantee of security from unreasonable searches and seizures, giving rise to a claim for false arrest under 1983." Caballero v. City of Concord, 956 F.2d 204, 206 (9th Cir.1992).
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