Avone Kukla v. Andrew D. Hulm Scott Brown

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Motor carrier inspector Scott Brown and Trooper Andrew D. Hulm arrested Avone Kukla, a commercial truck driver, for failing to produce his logbook. After a South Dakota judge dismissed the charges against Kukla, Kukla brought this federal lawsuit against Brown for illegal arrest and against Hulm for using excessive force. The district court * denied Brown and Hulm’s motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity, finding there were questions of fact about the arrest’s validity and the' amount of force used. Brown and Hulm appeal. We affirm.

We review the denial of…