Geraldine Livermore, Personal Representative for the Estate of Roland E. Rohm, Deceased v. Daniel Lubelan and Jerry Ellsworth

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• noting that on an interlocutory appeal the court determines qualified immunity while accepting the facts as alleged by plaintiffs
• explaining that courts should only “focus on the ‘split- second judgments’ made immediately before the officer used allegedly excessive force”
• explaining that courts should disregard “the hours and minutes leading up to” an excessive force incident and focus only on what occurred “immediately” before
• noting that “we may consider a pure question of law, despite the defendants’ failure to concede the plaintiffs version of facts for purposes of the interlocutory appeal”
• finding it objectively reasonable for officer to fire two shots at suspect who posed a serious threat to other officers
• finding the denial of governmental immunity for state-law claims is also immediately appealable under Michigan state law

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