Mark Crawford v. Donavin Geiger

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

In 2013, plaintiffs-appellees Mark Crawford, Debra Ornelas, and Brendon Reed (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a civil rights lawsuit against defendants-appellants Nicholas Hart and Jesse Evilsizer—two police officers—and several other officers who had responded to a 911 call placed by Ornelas. The officers moved for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds, which the district court granted as to some officers. Relevant to this appeal, the district court rejected Hart’s and Evilsizer’s qualified immunity claims. For the following reasons, we REVERSE the district…