Legal Opinion
Dorothea Gravely v. John Madden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1998No. 96-4395PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMerritt, J., joined by Boggs, J.,
KENNEDY, J. (pp. 350-53), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the result.
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
Defendant John Madden, an Ohio corrections officer, appeals an order denying his motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds in this civil rights action arising out of his use of deadly force in apprehending an escaped felon. The District Court rejected Madden’s claim of qualified immunity after concluding that there is “a version of the facts from which a jury could conclude that the use of force was not objectively reasonable, and the objectively reasonable standard…
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