Legal Opinion
Cordova v. Aragon
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 17, 2009No. 08-1222PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
Toby Cordova was shot and killed while fleeing from police in an early-morning car chase in Commerce City, Colorado. His survivors brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Officer Derek Aragon and Commerce City, alleging that Officer Aragon had violated Mr. Cordova’s Fourth Amendment rights by using excessive force to end the police chase. Officer Aragon asserted qualified immunity and the defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. The district court granted their motion, holding that even when viewed in the light most favorable to the Cordovas the facts did…
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