Curtis v. Pate

How courts have described this case

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• noting that state law is often relevant in analyzing reasonableness of police activities under Fourth Amendment
• examining reasonableness in context of § 1983 and claim of qualified immunity
• \We hold that the 'seizure' requirement was satisfied by Hoy's shooting of Reed.\
• “We hold that the ‘seizure’ requirement was satisfied by Hoy’s shooting of Reed.”
• “[C]laims arising before or during arrest are to be analyzed exclusively under 16 the Fourth Amendment’s reasonableness standard rather that the [Fourteenth 17 Amendment’s] substantive due process standard.”
• “[S]uch a duty may be inconsistent with police officers’ duty to the public[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).