The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's decision granting qualified immunity to Tulare police officers involved in a 2018 shooting that wounded an innocent passenger following a high-speed chase.
Judge Ryan D. Nelson, an appointee of President Donald Trump, wrote for a unanimous panel that "it was not clearly established that the force used by officers was excessive given the circumstances."
Judges Ronald M. Gould and Richard C. Tallm...
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