Legal Opinion
Adam Brooks v. Clark County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2016No. 14-16424PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a courtroom marshal is entitled to invoke absolute immunity as a defense to the allegation that he used excessive force when executing a judge’s order to remove a disruptive individual from her courtroom. If he is not, we must decide whether qualified immunity insulates him from having to pay damages for his allegedly unconstitutional conduct.
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Adam Brooks is a bail enforcement agent who owns Las Vegas Fugitive Recovery, a bail enforcement agency licensed in Nevada. 1 On October 4, 2011, Brooks and two fellow bail agents — John Kevin…
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