Estate of Tori Carter Brenda Chambers v. City of Detroit, Donald Hollins, Lieutenant

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• holding that a jury would be entitled to draw the inference that the officer was aware of medical need based on officer’s claims that he gave instruction that decedent was to go to the hospital
• explaining that we may disregard a defendant’s “impermissible arguments regarding disputes of fact” so long as the defendant also raises questions of law
• concluding that right to medical care was clearly established against officer
• noting that a defendant’s argument that the district court “erroneously considered inadmissible evidence” is an impermissible attempt to dispute facts on appeal
• noting that disregarding the factual disputes “obviat[es] the need to dismiss the entire appeal for lack of jurisdiction”
• noting that the court has jurisdiction over the “purely legal question of whether the facts alleged ... support a claim of violation of clearly established law”

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