Harry Coles v. Joshua Eagle

OPINION

TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Harry J. Coles claims that defendants Joshua Eagle and Elton Robertson, officers of the Honolulu Police Department, used excessive force in arresting him. The officers moved for summary judgment, arguing that their conduct was reasonable and, in any event, that they were entitled to qualified immunity. Although Coles brought a single claim of excessive force under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the district court held on summary judgment that some of the officers’ actions were reasonable as a matter of law, but other parts of the encounter raised genuine issues of…