Jacob Jones, et al. v. Wayne Duke Kalbaugh
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Did the Tenth Circuit improperly focus on the knowledge and intentions of the suspect, rather than the facts knowable to the officers, in reversing the district court's grant of qualified immunity in an excessive force case?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Did the Tenth Circuit improperly focus on the knowledge and intentions of the suspect, rather than the facts knowable to the officers, in reversing the district court’s grant of qualified immunity in an excessive force case? II. Did the Tenth Circuit analyze clearly established law at too high a level of generality by relying on general statements of Fourth Amendment excessive force principles rather than identifying a case where officers acting under similar circumstances were held to have violated the Fourth Amendment?