Moore v. Kentucky

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• holding that plaintiffs failed to create a jury question as to whether burning down house where heavily armed fugitive was barricaded was unreasonable use of force
• starting fire to force suspect, reasonably believed to be armed and dangerous murderer, out of house was not unnecessarily destructive
• starting fire to force suspect, reasonably believed to be armed and dangerous murderer, out of house was not unnecessarily destructive
• plaintiff opposing summary judgment on qualified immunity must present evidence that information upon which the officer relied involves a factual dispute
• “[T]he law prohibits unnecessarily destructive behavior while searching a citizen’s home”

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