Jeffrey C. Rahn v. Vickie Hawkins Craig Jansen Gerald Fitzgerald

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Hazelwood, Missouri, police officers shot and maced Jeffrey Rahn several times while trying to arrest him for a bank robbery. Mr. Rahn sued the officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that their use of force violated the fourth amendment because he was peacefully surrendering when shot. The district court determined that Officers Vickie Hawkins, Craig Jansen, and Gerald Fitzgerald were entitled to qualified immunity on the excessive-force claim and granted their motion for summary judgment. We reversed, holding that if Mr. Rahn was indeed surrendering without a…