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GROH, JEFF v. RAMIREZ, JOSEPH R., ET AL. (37030)
Order dated: 03/03/03Docket number: 02-811
Action:
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. CERTIORARI DENIED
GROH, JEFF v. RAMIREZ, JOSEPH R., ET AL. (37030)
Order dated: 10/06/03Docket number: 02-811
Action:
The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.
A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:
1. Whether the Ninth Circuit properly ruled that a law enforcement officer violated clearly established law, and thus was personally liable in damages and not entitled to qualified immunity, when at the time he acted there was no decision by the Supreme Court or any other court so holding, and the only lower court decisions addressing the issue had found the same conduct did not violate the law?
An opinion has been handed down: