Collins v. Ainsworth.

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Collins v. Ainsworth, 382 F.3d 529 (5th Cir. 2004). Persons who were detained at police license checkpoints after a concert brought a civil rights action. The district court denied summary judgment for the defendants and they appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. The appeals court held that even if the arrestees were detained without phone calls or mattresses for a period of less than 24 hours in a crowded jail, such conditions would be in the nature of a de minimis imposition that did not rise to a violation of the detainee's due process rights. (Copiah County Jail, Mississippi)