Legal Opinion
Cavanaugh v. Woods Cross City
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 3, 2010No. 10-4017PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge.
Defendants-Appellants Woods Cross City, Utah and Officer Daniel Davis appeal from the district court’s order denying their motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. Plaintiffs-Appellees Shannon Cavanaugh and Brad Cavanaugh had sued Defendants-Appellants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Officer Davis’s Tasering of Ms. Cavanaugh violated her rights under the Fourth Amendment by using excessive force. Though not a final judgment, our jurisdiction over the legal issues in this qualified immunity appeal arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Mitchell v.…
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