United States Ninth Circuit

An IRS agent was not entitled to qualified immunity in claims of excessive force and wrongful detention, as a reasonable agent would know that such conduct violated the Fourth Amendment; the agent is entitled to qualified immunity for detention of plaintiff during a search.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/06/2003
• Decided 09/08/2003
• Published 09/08/2003

Judges

• Before MESKILL,THOMPSON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gretchen M. Wolfinger,United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellant., Gayle Bybee, Pro Per, Sunset Beach, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.