Whittier v. Kobayashi, No. 08-12998

By FindLaw Staff on August 31, 2009 | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In an action claiming that defendant-officer violated plaintiff's son's Fourth Amendment rights when he entered her home without first knocking and announcing the SWAT team's presence, a denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is reversed where a reasonable officer could have had reasonable suspicion that knocking and announcing his presence would have been dangerous under the circumstances facing the SWAT team.

Read Whittier v. Kobayashi, No. 08-12998

Appellate Information

Filed on August 31, 2009

Judges

Per Curiam

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