Jp Ex Rel. Balderas v. City of Porterville

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• noting that “typical” 17 misdemeanor Vehicle Code violations “[g]enerally . . . do not justify significant uses of 18 force” without aggravating circumstance giving rise to an increased governmental interest
• excluding affidavit as hearsay where declarant 28 “was not a percipient witness. . . . [and] relie[d] on notes he made about what [third party] 1 purportedly told him, and is incorporating those notes into the affidavit”
• “Because there was no excessive force and the officers acted reasonably, 8 there is no liability for state law battery.”
• “Ordinarily, the issues of breach and 22 causation are questions of fact for the jury.”

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