Bennett v. Campbell

564 F.2d 329 Lawrence Hall BENNETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gaylord L. CAMPBELL, Individually and as United States Marshal for the Central District of California, Vernon D. Acree, a Commissioner of Customs of the United States, and George C. Corcoran, as Assistant Commissioner of Customs(Investigations), Defendants-Appellees. No. 76-3074. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Nov. 10, 1977. John M. Sink, Santa Barbara, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Carolyn M. Reynolds, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before TRASK, WALLACE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges. J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiff-Appellant Lawrence Hall Bennett (Bennett) filed this action in the district court seeking damages from defendants Gaylord L. Campbell, Vernon D. Acree, and George C. Corcoran, who are federal law enforcement officials, on the grounds that they had violated his rights under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution by allowing him to remain ten days in the Santa Barbara County Jail on a federal warrant before taking him before a magistrate.…