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CA Guard Granted Qualified Immunity for Shooting Prisoner in Yard Fight

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held a guard who shot a prisoner during a disturbance on the prison yard is entitled to qualified immunity. While at the California State Prison in Sacramento, the prisoner was standing three to four feet away from a prisoner who was being kicked in ...

 

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