United States Ninth Circuit

Police officers were not entitled to qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim where, in light of facts and clearly established law, no reasonable officer could have concluded that arresting plaintiff for taping a traffic stop was permissible.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/23/2003
• Published 06/23/2003

Judges

• Before JAMES R. BROWNING, BETTY B. FLETCHER, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randy W. Loun, Esq., Loun & Tyner, Bremerton, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Patrick Lynch, Esq., Eric A. Mentzer, AGWA-Office of the Washington Attorney General (Olympia) Torts Division, Olympia, WA, for Defendants-Appellees.