Legal Opinion
Tenorio v. Pitzer
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 6, 2015No. 14-2114PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
Albuquerque Police Officer Brian Pitzer shot Russell Tenorio when responding to an emergency call. Tenorio sued Pitzer in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting that Pitzer violated his Fourth Amendment rights by using excessive force. The district court denied Pit-zer’s motion for summary judgment, concluding that there was evidence that Pitzer violated clearly established law under two theories: (1) when Pitzer shot Tenorio he “did not have probable cause to believe that [Tenorio] presented a threat of serious…
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