Legal Opinion
Ansley v. Heinrich
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 1991No. 89-3468PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this excessive use-of-force case against law enforcement officers, we affirm the district court, but hold that a jury should seldom, if ever, be instructed on qualified immunity; the availability of a qualified immunity defense is a question of law for the court to determine.
FACTS
Kevin Ansley, a security guard, lived and worked approximately twenty feet from a Circle K convenience store in Tampa, Florida. The Circle K store, which was known as a “high profile” store had been robbed several times in 1987. On June 7, 1987, following a rash of convenience store…
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