Vega v. Tekoh | |
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Argued April 20, 2022 Decided June 23, 2022 | |
Full case name | Carlos Vega v. Terence Tekoh |
Docket no. | 21-499 |
Citations | 597 U.S. ___ (more) 2022 WL 2251304; 2022 U.S. LEXIS 3053 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Decision | Opinion |
Holding | |
A Miranda violation does not provide a basis for a Section 1983 claim. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Alito, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett |
Dissent | Kagan, joined by Breyer, Sotomayor |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. V |
Vega v. Tekoh, 597 U.S. ___ (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held, 6–3, that an officer's failure to read Miranda warnings to a suspect in custody does not alone provide basis for a claim of civil liability under Section 1983 of United States Code. In the case, the Court reviewed its previous holding of Miranda v. Arizona (1966) to determine whether respondent Carlos Vega violated plaintiff Terence Tekoh's constitutional rights by failing to read Tekoh his Miranda rights prior to interrogation. Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the six-justice majority that Tekoh's Fifth Amendment rights were not violated, as Miranda rights are "not themselves rights protected by the Constitution."