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Tenth Circuit· 5/14/2024

Flores v. Henderson

Citations

  • 101 F.4th 1185

Oral argument

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  • concluding that the appeals court had jurisdiction to decide whether the plaintiff ’s version of events would entail a clearly established violation of the Constitution
  • noting that a “court must grant the defendant qualified immunity if the plaintiff fails to prove either prong” (citation omitted)
  • noting that a “court must grant the defendant qualified immunity if the plaintiff fails to prove either prong” (citation omitted)
  • reversing denial of qualified immunity for defendant officers because “[n]either the district court nor plaintiffs have identified precedent determining a Fourth Amendment violation occurred under similar circumstances”
  • reversing denial of qualified immunity for defendant officers because “[n]either the district court nor plaintiffs have identified precedent determining a Fourth Amendment violation occurred under similar circumstances”
  • “Within seconds, [the suspect] rushed from the bedroom and moved toward the officers with a machete in hand.”

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Cites

37 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Flores v. Henderson

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