United States v. Shy Heath (99-6550) and Carmen Horton (99-6549)

How courts have described this case

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• “We have uniformly found that the use of force must be necessary to protect officers from potentially dangerous situations.”
• “[When the] surrounding circumstances give rise to a justifiable fear for personal safety, a seizure effectuated with weapons drawn may properly be considered an investigative stop.” (alteration in original) (quoting Hardnett, 804 F.2d at 357)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).