Norman Slattery v. Christopher Rizzo

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1991-07-25

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OPINION POWELL, Associate Justice: This is an appeal from an interlocutory order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denying a police officer qualified immunity in an excessive use of force claim filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . The critical issue presented in this case is whether unde…

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