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· 9/18/1990

Dornan v. Penn Builders

Citations

  • 21 Va. Cir. 267
  • 1990 Va. Cir. LEXIS 244

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  • assessing officer's entitlement to qualified immunity with respect to each of the two shots fired and finding that \it was not unreasonable for [the officer] to perceive Clay as still posing a threat when he fired the second shot\
  • upholding qualified immunity where an officer shot a knife-wielding suspect in the - 34 - Case No. 18-2296, Graves v. Malone, et al. stomach, the suspect slumped backward, and the officer shot her in the head a few seconds later

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Judges: Fortkort

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