 The judge granted the request based on the precedent set in the "Gerstein" case.Riverside County then appealed the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; the Ninth Circuit combined the "McLaughlin" case together with "McGregor v. County of San Bernardino" (9th Cir.1989) due to the similarities between the cases, and upheld the injunction on the basis that not providing a probable cause hearing as soon as the administrative steps after arrest were completed violated precedent set by the "Gerstein" case.