Evans v. Mass. Nurses Ass'n

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “a dispute of fact regarding the circumstances surrounding an officer’s use of force may prevent [the court] from determining whether an individual’s clearly established rights have been violated”
• holding that “a dispute of fact regarding the circumstances surrounding an officer's use of force may prevent [the court] from determining whether an individual's clearly established rights have been violated”
• recognizing “substantial factual dispute about the circumstances and timing surrounding” an officer’s No. 20-1754 39 decision to shoot “precludes a ruling on qualified immunity at this point”
• denying qualified immunity where “fracas leading to [defendant-officer’s] use of deadly force began with his issuance of parking tickets”
• discussing “the clearly established law that the use of deadly force against a person posing no risk of imminent harm is unreasonable”
• stating officer had \no reason to believe an offender was armed\ after offender \punch[ed] [officer] at least three times in the face and placing his hands on [officer's] throat\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).