Leonard Foster v. Dustin Patrick

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Deputy Sheriff Dustin Patrick appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity in this civil rights case brought by Leonard Foster, the administrator of the Estate of Armetta L. Foster and the representative of Armetta’s children. For the reasons stated below, we AFFIRM the decision of the district court.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In May 2011, Deputy Patrick of the Bradley County Sheriffs Office saw Ar-metta Foster on Interstate Highway 75 (I-75) in Bradley County, Tennessee. Foster was walking in the median…