Trammell Crow Co. v. Brandon Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the first Graham factor weighed in favor of plaintiff when the crime at issue was the non-violent felonious resisting and obstructing of a police officer
• noting that a suspect poses immediate threat to safety when he is violent and attempts to or does use force against an officer
• reiterating that “[a]t the summary judgment stage, courts are required to ‘view the facts and draw reasonable inferences in “the light most favorable to the party opposing the summary judgment motion”’”
• “Having found that [Defendant]’s actions are not shielded by qualified immunity, we conclude that [Defendant] is not entitled to governmental immunity under [Michigan] law.”
• providing examples of immediate threats such as “violent thrashing, an attempt to hit officers, or by making a display of force” (cleaned up)
• distinguishing between nonviolent and violent components of an offense and emphasizing that violence is critical in the severity of the crime at issue inquiry

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).