Legal Opinion
James F. Robinson v. Solano County Brian Cauwells, Solano County Sheriff's Deputy Officer Gary Faulkner, Solano County Sheriff's Deputy Officer
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 4, 2002No. 99-15225PublishedCited by 252 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Chief Judge SCHROEDER; Concurrence by Judge FERNANDEZ.
SCHROEDER, Chief Judge.
We took this case en banc in order to clarify the law of the circuit regarding excessive force that violates the Fourth Amendment’s protections against unreasonable searches and seizures, and to clarify the law of the circuit on the scope of qualified immunity for excessive force claims. The case arises out of a police seizure at gunpoint of an apparently unarmed individual suspected of having earlier used a shotgun to shoot two dogs.
The Fourth Amendment guarantees citizens the right “to be secure in their…
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