Roy v. Inhabitants of the City of Lewiston

How courts have described this case

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• affirming summary judgment for § 1983 defendant police officer who shot drunken suspect who kicked and lunged at the officer while flailing his arms and holding two steak knives
• “[I]n close cases, a jury does not get to second-guess these life and death decisions, ..., even though the situation could have been handled differently.”
• degree of force an issue where drunk plaintiff bearing kitchen knives was subdued by gunfire
• \Maine case law has construed [the - 17 - MTCA] to apply to claims of excessive force.\ (citing Leach v. Betters, 599 A.2d 424, 426 (Me. 1991))
• “[W]hether substantive liability or qualified immunity is at issue, the Supreme Court intends to surround the police who make these on-the-spot choices in dangerous situations with a fairly wide zone of protection in close cases.”
• “[W]hether substantive liability or qualified immunity is at issue, the Supreme Court intended to surround the police who make these on-the-spot choices in dangerous situations with a fairly wide zone of protection in close cases.”

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