What is the test for a claim that a law enforcement officer used excessive force during an arrest?
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The following excerpt is from Pottorff v. City of Fresno, No. 1:16-cv-01593-DAD-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2020):
A claim that a law enforcement officer used excessive force during an arrest is analyzed under the Fourth Amendment's objective reasonableness standard. See Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 395 (1989). Under the standard, "the question is whether the officers' actions are 'objectively reasonable' in light of the facts and circumstances confronting them, without regard
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