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193092P.pdf   05/27/2021  Johnny Banks  v.  Shelby Hawkins
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-3092
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Wollman and Stras, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil Case - Civil Rights - qualified immunity. Denial of qualified 
   immunity to police officer who shot Banks in course of investigating 
   potential domestic disturbance is affirmed. Construing the disputed record 
   in Banks's favor, no reasonable officer would have thought deadly force 
   was necessary to protect Vanessa Banks from imminent danger; officer's 
   belief that he was about to be attacked was unreasonable; shooting Banks 
   the instant the door was open was objectively unreasonable; no reasonable 
   officer would have believed he was under attack; and thus no reasonable 
   officer would have believed he had probable cause to use deadly force. 
   Right to be free from excessive force was clearly established. Judge Stras 
   dissents.