Legal Opinion
Medina v. Cram
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 12, 2001No. 00-1153PublishedCited by 470 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Chief Judge.
The defendants appeal from the district court’s order denying their motion for summary judgment based on the defense of qualified immunity. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and reverse.
I. Background
The following facts are undisputed. On June 10, 1996, a bail bondsman went to Plaintiff Ernest Medina’s residence to take Mr. Medina into custody for a bail bond violation. When Mr. Medina saw the bondsman, he put his right hand behind his back and said he had a gun. The bondsman subsequently retreated and called the police. As numerous officers, including…
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