U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Angela Studdard v. Shelby Cty., Tenn.
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Jeffrey S. Sutton
- Filed
- Aug. 12, 2019
- Case
- Angela Studdard v. Shelby Cty., Tenn.
- Case status
- Decided
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SUTTON, Circuit Judge. May police officers shoot an uncooperative individual when he presents an immediate risk to himself but not to others? No, case law makes clear. We thus affirm the district court's decision to deny the officers' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. I. Three scenes capture what happened. Each one gives…
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