Salvato Ex Rel. Estate of Salvato v. Miley

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an of- ficer’s use of deadly force was excessive because the suspect was “retreating, apparently unarmed, and outside of striking range”
• holding that an of- ficer’s use of deadly force was excessive because the suspect was “retreating, apparently unarmed, and outside of striking range”
• concluding that an officer used excessive force when she shot a suspect who had formerly resisted, but who was retreating, unarmed, and outside of striking distance at the time of the shooting
• holding that failure to investigate a single constitutional violation does not constitute ratification
• recognizing that a police department’s “persistent failure to take disciplinary action against officers can give rise to the inference that a municipality has ratified conduct” and is therefore subject to liability under § 1983
• denying qualified immunity in a shooting that took place after a suspect resisted arrest and struck the officers several times

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).