PS 145E Final Study Guide Exam Questions and Answers | Guaranteed Pass 2026

PS 145E Final Study Guide Exam Questions and Answers | Guaranteed Pass 2026 Monroe v. Pape (1961) - answer-Facts: petitioner was strip-searched and offers had entered his home without a warrant; sued officers and city of Chicago under statute 1983 Holding: ability to sue officers under 1983 was upheld - but did not extend to cities Dissent: There was already a remedy in place, so there is no need to extend 1983 Anderson v. Creighton (1987) - answer-Facts: warrantless search of a home to find a man suspected of robbing a bank earlier that day Holding: extended concept of qualified immunity to officers: (1) determine whether a law was broken; (2) determine whether the officer knowingly broke the law (reasonableness) Dissent: Extension of qualified immunity is too much power to law enforcement Heck v. Humphrey (1994) - answer-Facts: convicted voluntary manslaughter and sought damages compensation without seeking the overturn of his conviction Holding: Must show that one has overturned conviction (exhausted other avenues for remedy) before seeking 1983 action Connick v. Thompson (2011) - answer-Facts: man sat on death row because evidence proving his innocence was withheld Holding: Must prove systemic Brady violations to receive 1983 relief (practicality exception) Dissent: but there WERE several violations Ziglar v. Abbasi (2017) - answer-Facts: sued for being wrongfully detained and subsequently deported Holding: The context of 9/11 and lack of clearly-established law meant that the officers in question were entitled to qualified immunity since they couldn't know otherwise Dissent: The lack of existing, alternative processes for remedy meant Bivens should still be viableBuck v. Davis (2017) - answer-Facts: Defendant counsel brings in testimony which claims because defendant is black, he is more likely to commit crimes Holding: defendant entitled to habeas corpus relief because of reasonable probability that he was convicted based on his race Dissent: the law was misapplied Lafler v. Cooper (2012) - answer-Facts: Rejected a plea deal for a lesser sentence because counsel advised the state would not be able to prove a harsher sentence was warranted Holding: If high probability that counsel advice relating to a plea bargain resulted in a worse sentence for the defendant, then defendant is entitled to relief