The following excerpt is from Hernandez v. Garcia, Case No.: 1:13-cv-01279 - LJO - JLT (E.D. Cal. 2014):
force in the course of making an arrest, investigatory stop, or other 'seizure'... are properly analyzed under the Fourth Amendment's 'objective reasonableness' standard"); see also Chew v. Gates, 27 F.3d 1432, 1440 (9th Cir. 1994) ("the use of force to effect an arrest is subject to the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable seizures").
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