The phrase "a lack of probable" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete or incorrect expression, as "probable" is typically used as an adjective and does not fit well in this context.
Example: "The report indicated a lack of probable outcomes for the experiment."
Alternatives: "a lack of likelihood" or "a lack of probability."
Watkins had also asked that the case be dismissed because of a lack of probable cause, and because the state's law on aiding suicide was too vague.
She said she was shocked to learn the detective had identified a suspect, then closed the case, citing a lack of probable cause.
Thus, according to Lozman, arrest cases do not impose the same need to assert a lack of probable cause to show that the government action was based on retaliation.
And after passing on several recent cases for a lack of probable cause, Alabama prosecutors are considering bringing charges against two former University of Alabama players for providing gifts to five current players this year.
Id. at 44. Riviera Beach argues the Court should extend the Hartman doctrine to retaliatory arrests and require that a plaintiff show a lack of probable cause as a means of easily separating the cases in which retaliatory motive actually played a role in a plaintiff's arrest.
1.40pm: More to the point, given his past history, my colleague Marina Hyde and I can't believe they've given R Kelly this gig, although - as Marina points out - "There was a lack of probable cause for the search warrant" from which police found videos of him having sex with an underage girl.
Brief for Respondent, at 44. Riviera Beach contends that a showing of lack of probable cause would solve these unique concerns in the arrest context in the same way that it solves the unique concerns in the prosecutorial context, such as by providing easy-to-determine evidence on the officer's motive for arrest.
Lozman argues that requiring a Fourth Amendment violation, that is, lack of probable cause, to prove a First Amendment violation renders a citizen unable to successfully bring a retaliatory arrest claim, regardless of proof of retaliatory motive, as long as the arresting officer was able to find probable cause for arrest.
And because of a lack of facilities, patients—suspected, probable, or even confirmed cannot be removed immediately and have to be kept in the community or at home, waiting for beds to open up.
And on Monday, a North Dakota judge dropped the charges due to lack of probable cause.
Unlike the claim of lack of probable cause, this contention is not one which can satisfactorily be resolved upon the record before us.
