Legal Opinion
Elliott v. Leavitt
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 26, 1996No. 96-1150, 96-1151PublishedCited by 201 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
The parents of Archie Elliott III brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that police officers Jason Leavitt and Wayne Cheney used excessive force in the course of arresting Elliott for driving while intoxicated. The district court denied the officers’ motion for summary judgment, and the officers filed this appeal challenging the court’s refusal to grant them qualified immunity. We reverse the judgment of the district court, finding that the officers’ use of deadly force in response to an obvious, serious, and immediate threat to their safety was reasonable…
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