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141962P.pdf 06/29/2015 Matthew Robinson v. Stewart Condley
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-1962
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Loken and Murphy, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil rights. In an action alleging defendant, a state
trooper, violated plaintiff's civil rights by failing to stop another
officer's use of excessive force, the district court erred in denying the
trooper's motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity as the
trooper's duty to intervene in the circumstances of the case was not
clearly established; at the time the other officer tased plaintiff, the
trooper was attempting to restrain plaintiff's mother who was trying to
intervene and interfere with plaintiff's arrest, and his decision not to
abandon those efforts did not violate any bright line. Judge Murphy,
dissenting.