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: Tenth Circuit Blog

By Shari Allison

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U.S. v. Fisher, 2010 WL 809818 (3/10/10) (Published) - There was reasonable suspicion to order the car's occupants at gun point to show their hands [which did not amount to an arrest] where officers responded to a call that someone had shot at a woman and her son, late at night; in a high crime area, the car was the only vehicle at the scene and its brake lights were illuminated, indicating it was about to depart. There was no reason to believe the car was involved, except for its proximity to the scene. It was plausible the shooters had not departed yet, although the witnesses did not point the car out as containing the perpetrators.Zia Trust Co. ex rel. Causey v. Montoya, 2010 WL 780201 (3/9/10) (Published) - The 10th affirms denial of qualified immunity for excessive force in §1983 claim...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tenth Circuit Blog on March 16, 2010 (boomark / email).