Warren Prostrollo v. City of Scottsdale

MEMORANDUM **

The district court properly granted summary judgment in favor of defendants. Viewing the facts in the light most favorable to plaintiff, no reasonable jury could conclude that Lt. Bayne’s use of deadly force was objectively unreasonable. It is undisputed that the decedent, Jason Pros-trollo, had threatened two people with a knife earlier in the evening. It is also undisputed that when Prostrollo emerged from the house, he was armed with a potentially deadly weapon (two halves of a pool cue), and that he disregarded officers’ warnings to halt his advance. Lt. Bayne did not know…