Thursday, March 05, 2015

Sixth Circuit: Kathryn Pollard v. City of Columbus, Ohio

S1983 suit after deadly shooting of suspect by police.

Court has jurisdiction to rule on denial of qualified immunity via interlocutory appeal, as there are no contested facts.

Denial of qualified immunity for police officers was error, as they had reason to believe that he might have a concealed weapon, and given his sudden movement inside of car at the end of the car chase.

Kathryn Pollard v. City of Columbus, Ohio 
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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Author's SSRN page here.