Tenth Circuit· 8/27/2018

Halley v. Huckaby

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902 F.3d 1136

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stating that summary judgment may be warranted if the movant notes a lack of evidence for an essential element of the claim
observing that when “[w]e review the district court’s denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity,” we “apply[] the same standard as the district court” and, thus, “view[] the evidence . . . in the light most favorable to the non-moving party”
stating that, “while *\\ See also Morrow v. Meachum, 917 F.3d 870, 879 (5th Cir. 2019) (concluding that a collision is unlike a gunshot, and that cases involving shootings do not govern those involv- ing collisions between officers’ vehicles and other vehicles
“[W]e apply the fundamental- rights approach when the plaintiff challenges legislative action, and the shocks-the-conscience approach when the plaintiff seeks relief for tortious executive action.”
“Indeed, even the actions of a reckless official or one bent on injuring a person do not necessarily shock the judicial conscience.”
“Conduct that shocks the judicial conscience is deliberate government action that is arbitrary and unrestrained by the established principles of private right and distributive justice.”

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Judges: Tymkovich, Baldock, Lucero

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