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STUDDARD v. SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE

No. 19-5084.

934 F.3d 478 (2019)

Angela STUDDARD, individually and as lawful wife, next of kin, administrator ad litem, and personal representative for Edmond Studdard, deceased, and Estate of Edmond Studdard, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, et al., Defendants, Erin J. Shepherd and Terry I. Reed, individually and as employees or agents of Shelby County, Tennessee, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 12, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: E. Lee Whitwell , SHELBY COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellants. Daniel A. Seward , SEWARD LAW FIRM, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: E. Lee Whitwell , John Marshall Jones , SHELBY COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellants. Daniel A. Seward , SEWARD LAW FIRM, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: SUTTON, GRIFFIN, and READLER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

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.

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