McKAY, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this excessive force case is whether the district court erred in allowing the jury to consider the defendants' qualified immunity defense even after the jury had found that the force used against the plaintiff by one of the defendants was unreasonable. Because the initial instruction given the jury allowed it to consider whether the force used was reasonably necessary under the circumstances, we hold that it was error for the jury...
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