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· 10/22/2015

Maresca v. County of Bernalillo

Citations

  • 804 F.3d 1301
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 18425
  • 2015 WL 6384984

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “An official [sued in their individual capacity] may plead an affirmative defense of qualified immunity.”
  • \An official [sued in their individual capacity] may plead an affirmative defense of qualified immunity.\
  • officers used excessive force by pointing firearms at plaintiffs after they complied with their instructions to get on the ground
  • “The use of firearms, handcuffs, and other forceful techniques generally suggests an arrest.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Tymkovich, Ebel, Briscoe

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