United States Ninth Circuit

Police officers were not entitled to qualified immunity a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim alleging excessive force and unlawful restraint where plaintiff was not a crime suspect, the manner of her detention was objectively unreasonable, and her rights were clearly established.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/04/2003
• Decided 06/23/2003
• Published 06/23/2003

Judges

• Before PREGERSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Karen K. Peabody, Nye, Peabody, & Sterling, LLP, Santa Barbara, CA, for the defendants-appellants., Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun, DeSimone, Seplow, Harris, & Hoffman, Venice, CA, and James S. Muller, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.