Olenzak
Olenzak v. Alameda County Regional Auto Theft Task Force
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Plaintiff/Appellant Christopher Olenzak (“Olenzak”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of California Highway Patrol Officer Robert O’Keefe (“Officer O’Keefe”) on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims, and the district court’s dismissal of his § 1983 claims against O’Keefe’s supervising officers.
Olenzak asserts that Officer O’Keefe’s omission in his warrant affidavit of the fact that eyewitnesses said there was a gap between Olenzak’s teeth materially affected the magistrate’s decision in finding probable cause. Olenzak also contends that O’Keefe falsified his warrant request by omitting such facts, violating Olenzak’s constitutional rights. However, even if the “gap-tooth” description had been included, the affidavit still contained sufficient additional information to support issuance of the warrant. Accordingly, Olenzak fails to meet the standard set forth in United States v. Stanert, 762 F.2d 775, 782 (9th Cir.1985). “A defendant challenging an affidavit must also show that the affidavit ■purged of those falsities and supplemented by the omissions would not be sufficient to support a finding of probable cause.” Accord Liston v. County of…