Eleventh Circuit· 5/15/2015

Sarita Merricks v. Jeffery Adkisson

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785 F.3d 553
2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 8038
2015 WL 2264223

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noting that “the smell of burnt marijuana emanating from a vehicle is sufficient probable cause to search a vehicle”
noting that “the smell of burnt marijuana USCA11 Case: 24-12642 Document: 33-1 Date Filed: 07/11/2025 Page: 9 of 11 24-12642 Opinion of the Court 9 emanating from a vehicle is sufficient probable cause to search a vehicle”
“[Qualified immunity] is also designed . . . to provide a direct way to end insubstantial claims on summary judgment.”
“If gratuitous force was applied after the suspect was subdued or otherwise cooperating, qualified immunity will likely not apply[. . . ]”
“Minor variations in some facts . . . might be very important and, therefore, be able to make the circumstances facing an official materially different than the pre-existing precedents[.]”(quotation omitted)
“If . . . the force was applied when the officer was trying to take 9 Somewhat confusingly, Warren, citing Swann v. City of Huntsville, 455 So. 2d 944, 950 (Ala. Crim. App. 1984

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Judges: Carnes, Cox, Royal

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