Fifth Circuit· 11/1/2007

Hathaway v. Bazany

Citations

507 F.3d 312
2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 25561
2007 WL 3200413

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holding that a police officer was justi- fied in using deadly force against a car accelerating toward him
holding that a police officer was justified in using deadly force against a car accelerating toward him
holding that plaintiff's inability to establish underlying constitutional violation forecloses chance for recovery against individual defendant
applying the Graham standard to determine whether an officer was entitled to qualified immunity from an excessive use of force claim
noting that the “reasonableness of an officer’s use of deadly force is. . . determined by the existence of a credible, serious threat to the physical safety of the officer or to those in the vicinity”
reiterating the uncontroversial proposition that a plaintiff needs more than a “scintilla of evidence” to create a genuine dispute of material fact

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Judges: Garwood, Jolly, Stewart

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