CIVIL RIGHTS, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE

ALFORD v. HANER, No. 01-35141 (9th Cir. June 23, 2003)

Police officers were not entitled to qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim where, in light of facts and clearly established law, no reasonable officer could have concluded that arresting plaintiff for taping a traffic stop was permissible.

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