Legal Opinion
Turner v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1997No. 96-6071PublishedCited by 311 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavid A. Nelson, J., joined by Alan E. Norris, J.,
COHN, D.J. (pp. 430-433), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an interlocutory appeal from an order denying qualified immunity to defendant Michael Scott, a police officer. The plaintiff, Eva Turner, alleges that Officer Scott failed to prevent a fellow officer from using excessive force against her. Concluding that Scott is entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law, we shall reverse the order of the district court.
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Officer Scott, a member of the Newport (Kentucky) Police Department, learned in December of 1993 that a Cincinnati…
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