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· 7/3/2014

Smith Ex Rel. Kolski v. City of Brooklyn Park

Citations

  • 757 F.3d 765
  • 2014 WL 2978551
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 12594

How courts have described this case

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

  • alleged inconsistencies in officers’ statements do not create genuine issue of material fact when multiple officer statements support the material fact that suspect was armed
  • “[N]o constitutional or statutory right exists that would prohibit a police officer from using deadly force when faced with an apparently loaded weapon.” (quoting Sinclair v. City of Des Moines, 268 F.3d 594, 596 (8th Cir. 2001) (per curiam))
  • inconsistencies in officers’ statements do not create genuine issue of material fact

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Smith, Beam, Benton

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