Diaz v. Salazar

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “[a]l-though a knife is a deadly weapon, its mere status as such does not create the justification for the use of deadly force”
• “The fact that their conduct may not have conformed with police regulations or training does not operate to create constitutional liability under Section 1983.”
• “The fact that their conduct may not have conformed with police regulations or training does not operate to create constitutional liability under Section 1983.”
• knife without additional aggressive conduct does not render a suspect an immediate threat

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).