Bazan Ex Rel. Bazan v. Hidalgo County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that earlier events “set the stage for what followed,” and that factual disputes regarding those events were material
• stating that the excessive force inquiry is confined to whether the officer \was in danger at the moment of the threat that resulted in the [officer's] shooting [the victim]\
• holding that “[djeadly force is a subset of excessive force”
• holding a genuine dispute over material facts existed where the only evidence came from the uncorroborated testimony of the defendant police officer, the sole survivor of a shoot ing, and where the record cast doubt on his credibility
• stating that an appellate court has jurisdiction over interlocutory appeals from qualified immunity rulings where a party challenges the materiality of the factual issues, and not where the genuineness of the factual issues is challenged
• explaining the events leading up to the moment excessive force is used are relevant, as they “set the stage for what followed”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).