The following excerpt is from Villanueva v. California, 986 F.3d 1158 (9th Cir. 2021):
"[W]e normally have no jurisdiction to hear interlocutory appeals from the denial of summary judgment." Isayeva v. Sacramento Sheriff's Dep't , 872 F.3d 938, 944 (9th Cir. 2017). However, under the collateral order doctrine we have jurisdiction over the interlocutory appeal of a denial of qualified immunity, "to the extent that it turns on an issue of law."
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