Opinion ID: 160140
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Text: Plaintiff-Appellee Brant Corder brought suit against Denver Police Officers B. Aloia, R. McGinty, S. Murphy, S. Olin and Denver Deputy Sheriffs J. Leahy and C. Cheney (collectively “the officers”), alleging that the officers violated his Fourth Amendment right to be free from post-arrest excessive force. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The officers bring this interlocutory appeal from the denial of their motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 to determine whether, under Corder’s version of the facts, the officers violated clearly established law. Given the evidence viewed in the light most favorable to Corder, the officers violated clearly established law by acting in an objectively unreasonable manner while making an arrest. The officers’ claim for statutory immunity from Corder’s pendant state law claims also fails. Accordingly, this court affirms the order of the district court denying the officers’ motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity.