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153465P.pdf 02/07/2017 Jacobi Malone v. Robert Hinman
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-3465
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Murphy, Circuit
Judge]
Civil case - Civil rights. In the circumstances of the case, the shooting
officer's decision to shoot the plaintiff as he ran towards another
officer and others while holding a gun was objectively reasonable as the
shooting officer had probable cause to believe plaintiff posed a threat of
serious physical harm to the officer and others, and the district court
did not err in granting the shooting officer summary judgment based on
qualified immunity on plaintiff's excessive force claim; because the
shooting officer did not violate plaintiff's constitutional rights, there
can be no Section 1983 or Monell liability on behalf of the police chief
or the City of Little Rock.