Beckman v. Dillard

2 F.3d 1156 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Richard BECKMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas DILLARD, individually, and as a police officer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; Donald Dibble, individually, and as a police officer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Defendants-Appellants. No. 92-15418. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 15, 1993. Decided Aug. 12, 1993. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. MEMORANDUM 1 Dillard and Dibble appeal from the district court's denial of their motion for summary judgment in which they asserted qualified immunity as a defense to Beckman's section 1983 action. The district court had jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 . We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We review a district court's denial of qualified immunity de novo. Act Up!/Portland v. Bagley, 988 F.2d 868, 871 (9th…