Andrew Burningham, et al. v. John Morrison Raines, III, Guardian of the Estate of John Morrison Raines, IV
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether qualified immunity should be denied where the underlying evidentiary fact is undisputed but different inferences may be drawn from it
QUESTION PRESENTED — Continued and numerous other cases by denying qualified immunity notwithstanding the absence of clearly established law imposing liability under circumstances closely analogous to those confronting the officers? 83. Did the Eighth Circuit improperly depart from this Court’s decisions in Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989) and Plumhoff v. Rickard, 572 U.S. _, 1384 S. Ct. 2012 (2014) in denying qualified immunity based upon the absence of a constitutional violation given that the undisputed facts established that petitioners acted reasonably in responding to the threat of an armed suspect moving towards another officer less than 12 feet away while wildly waving a knife?