Ruling by
Per Curiam (USSC)Lower Court
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
For qualified immunity to be denied, 'clearly established right at issue must be defined with specificity;' not sufficient specificity where court relies on fairly general right 'to be free of excessive force.'
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