GORMAN v. SHARP

No. 17-60515.

892 F.3d 172 (2018)

Summer GORMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Robert SHARP, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christi Rena McCoy , McCoy Law Firm, Oxford, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Krissy C. Nobile, Esq. , Douglas T. Miracle , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before ELROD, COSTA, and HO, Circuit Judges.


The circumstances that led to this lawsuit are unquestionably tragic — an accidental fatal shooting during an officer training session. But the Constitution does not afford a cure for every tragedy. And it does not here for one simple reason: Under established Supreme Court precedent, the Fourth Amendment concerns...

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