Jeffers v. Gomez

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• concluding that jurisdiction extends only to whether, based on the undisputed facts, the officer is entitled to immunity as a matter of law
• concluding that jurisdiction extends only to whether, based on the undisputed facts, the officer is entitled to immunity as a matter of law
• holding that under Whitley, “a prison guard is permitted to use deadly force ‘in a good faith effort to maintain or restore discipline’ ”
• holding that the materiality of a disputed issue of fact is a legal question
• determining that there was jurisdiction to review and reverse the district court’s holding that the defendants’ motive was in dispute when there was “no evidence of bad motive,” even when the record was “viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff”
• holding 1 We therefore need not resolve Defendants’ objections to expert reports provided by Dr. Saul Kassin and Mr. Andrew Boan. 4 24-189 that a supervisor may only be liable under § 1983 if there is an underlying Constitutional violation

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