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Brief For Respondents. County Of Los Angeles V. Mendez, 137 S.Ct. 1539 (2017) (No. 16-3690), 2017 Wl 696103, Eric Schnapper, Rachel Lee, Leonard J. Feldman, Sara Berry

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QUESTIONS PRESENTED

1. Does the legal framework set out in Grnham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989), apply to actions by police that foreseeably create a need for the use of force?

2. In an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, where a house search that violates the Fourth Amendment results in the shooting of an innocent resident who did not know that the intruders were sheriff’s deputies, does a resident’s nonculpable response to the intrusion constitute a superseding cause that bars relief for the residents’ injuri