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No Interlocutory Appeal of Disputed Facts
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1998, page 18
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that prison officials may not appeal a district court's denial of their motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity when the denial is due to disputed issues of material fact.
Filed under:
Threats by Staff,
Vermin,
Excessive Force,
Shootings,
Summary Judgment,
Appeals,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
California.
Larry Thomas, a California state prisoner filed suit under § …
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