Can a judge conclude that a defendant's actions were objectively unreasonable?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Black v. Petitinato, 18-960 (2nd Cir. 2019):

could conclude that the defendant's actions were objectively unreasonable in light of clearly established law." Connecticut ex rel. Blumenthal v. Crotty, 346 F.3d 84, 102 (2d Cir. 2003) (internal quotation marks omitted). To be "clearly established," "[t]he contours of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 640 (1987). Further, "[a]n officer's actions are objectively reasonable if officers of reasonable competence could disagree on the legality of the defendants' actions." Crotty, 346 F.3d at 102 (internal quotation marks omitted).

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