United States Ninth Circuit
A. D. v. State of California Highway Patrol, 09-17635
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 dispute arising out of a fatal shooting following a high-speed chase, denial of qualified immunity upon a Rule 50(a) motion is reversed where court improperly conflated the general standard, purpose to harm unrelated to a legitimate law enforcement objective, with the objective standard by which the conduct of an officer is to be measured.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/06/2011
- Published 04/06/2011
Judges
- RYMER
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- John P. Devine, John H. Scott