Legal Opinion
Norman Slattery v. Christopher Rizzo
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1991No. 91-6271PublishedCited by 164 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POWELL, Associate Justice:
This is an appeal from an interlocutory order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denying a police officer qualified immunity in an excessive use of force claim filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The critical issue presented in this case is whether under the undisputed facts a reasonable police officer could have had probable cause to believe that the appellee posed an immediate and deadly threat. We believe that under these facts such probable cause could have existed. We therefore reverse the decision below, and remand for the…
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