United States Ninth Circuit

A police officer is not entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law, for seizing an individual based on a civil dispute, where a reasonable officer would not have believed an arrest was lawful under the circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/13/2002
• Decided 08/02/2002
• Published 08/02/2002

Judges

• Before RYMER, KLEINFELD, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Keith L. Loomis, Carson City, NV, for defendant-appellant., James André Boles, Reno, NV, for plaintiff-appellee.