This is pretty nuts. A woman was falsely arrested on a nearly thirty year old warrant because she had the same name. After two weeks in jail, during which she repeatedly asked them to check her prints, authorities finally compared her fingerprints against the wanted woman and realized she was right.
But, her suit got tossed. https://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/08/30/judges-toss-false-arrest-claims-against-federal-marshals-in-mistaken-identity-case/?emci=0de8f0c9-c168-ef11-991a-6045bdd9e096&emdi=9800a8b1-3369-ef11-991a-6045bdd9e096&ceid=252905