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102179P.pdf 06/09/2011 David Gardner v. Joel Ritchie
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 10-2179
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Gruender and Shepherd,
Circuit Judges]
Civil case - civil rights. District court erred in denying defendant
officer's motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity
without considering his subjective intent at the time he fired his weapon
and shot plaintiff; on remand, the district court should determine whether
the evidence, in the light most favorable to plaintiff, would support a
finding by a reasonable jury that defendant subjectively intended to effect
a seizure of plaintiff by firing his weapon; if he did not, then defendant is
entitled to qualified immunity and the district court should enter summary
judgment for him.