U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Dec. 11, 2018
En banc 9th Circuit mulls qualified immunity, sua sponte summary judgment in police shooting case
With the backdrop of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent directive to broadly interpret the protections afforded to officers through the qualified immunity doctrine, an en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struggled Monday to determine whether a Riverside man who was shot in the back during a police pursuit could sue for constitutional violations.
With the backdrop of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent directive to broadly interpret the protections afforded to officers through the qualified immunity doctrine, an en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struggled Monday to determine whether a Riverside man who was shot in the back during a police pursuit could sue for constitutional violations.
During the marathon oral arguments session, a court also confused by the...
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