William Jones, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Police Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department v. Ymelda Elena, et al.
In ruling on a claim for qualified immunity raised in a motion for summary judgment, does a court's obligation to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff allow that court to ignore undisputed clear video evidence which, if considered, would require the court to draw the inference that the force used by the defendants was not excessive, and the further inference that the unlawfulness of the defendants' conduct was not clearly established?
Whether a court's obligation to view evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff allows ignoring undisputed clear video evidence that would require an inference of non-excessive force and non-clearly established unlawfulness in a qualified immunity summary judgment motion