Can a police officer objectively believe that their conduct was lawful?

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The following excerpt is from Case v. Kitsap County Sheriff's Dept., 249 F.3d 921 (9th Cir. 2001):

in question, the officers objectively could have believed that their conduct was lawful." Mena v. City of Simi Valley, 226 F.3d 1031, 1036 (9th Cir. 2000).

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