Jason Findlay v. Jon Lendermon

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• holding that an officer who tackled a nonviolent suspect was entitled to qualified immunity
• stating that courts \remain free to consider first whether the right is clearly estab- lished if doing so will consider judicial resources.\
• stating that a plaintiff can show a right was clearly establish by pointing to a “closely analogous case that established a right to be free from the type of force the police-officers used on him”
• finding qualified immunity defense undefeated where the altercation predated the ease law relied upon by the plaintiff
• reversing summary judgment denial on qualified immunity grounds because plaintiff did not identify a sufficiently analogous case or explain why defendant's actions were plainly excessive
• reversing denial of summary judgment because plaintiff did not meet his burden to show a clearly established violation

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