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141782P.pdf 03/16/2015 Jerry Capps v. David Olson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-1782
U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Rapid City
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Murphy and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil rights. In an action alleging defendant Deputy Olson
used excessive force when he shot and killed plaintiffs' decedent, the
district court did not err in denying Olson's motion for summary judgment
based on qualified immunity as there were outstanding questions of
material fact as to whether the decedent was moving toward the officer
when he fired the first shot and whether he was armed or in possession of
an item the officer could reasonably believe to be a weapon; further, the
constitutional right in the case was clearly established as a reasonable
officer would have understood that use of deadly force against a fleeing
subject who did not pose a significant and immediate threat of serious
injury or death to others was not permitted.