Summary
holding leg sweep maneuver constituted excessive force even where defendant was "noncompliant" and "presented some threat" to the arresting officer, as any threat was not "immediate" or "significant" enough to justify a leg sweep maneuver, but reversing denial of qualified immunity due to lack of clearly established law
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No. 17–1396.
05-29-2018
Jay Russell SHAFER, petitioner, v. Freddy PADILLA.
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.