No. 20-1668October Term 2020Decided Oct 18, 2021Updated Oct 18, 2021
City of Tahlequah v. Bond
This case arose after Tahlequah police officers responding to a call about an intoxicated man at a home shot Dominic Rollice in a garage when he picked up a hammer and moved toward them.
Case status
Decided · October 18, 2021
Read the opinion (PDF)- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Oct 18, 2021
- What it's about
This case arose after Tahlequah police officers responding to a call about an intoxicated man at a home shot Dominic Rollice in a garage when he picked up a hammer and moved toward them. The dispute is over whether the officers can be held liable under the Fourth Amendment, or are protected by qualified immunity, based on the claim that their own actions recklessly created the situation that led to the shooting.
Question presented
1. Whether courts must categorically disregard the actions of police officers in the moments before they kill a civilian in a Fourth Amendment deadly force case. 2. Whether Petitioners violated clearly established law by aggressively advancing on an impaired individual, cornering him in a garage, and then killing him, even though he did not pose a serious threat at any point in the encounter.
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit / Decision released Oct 18, 2021
- Area
Criminal Procedure
Timing
Decided October 18, 2021
The Court released its decision on October 18, 2021 without hearing oral argument.
Documents
Activity
Docket activity5
Opinion added: Opinion
Oct 18, 2021 | Court records
Court Order added: Main Document
Jun 30, 2021 | Court records
Court Order added: Proof of Service
Jun 30, 2021 | Court records
Court Order added: Certificate of Word Count
Jun 30, 2021 | Court records
Brief added: Petition
May 27, 2021 | Court records
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
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- Jul 25, 2026
- Method
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Primary materials8
Supreme Court docket 20-1668
docket | Jul 25, 2026
Primary case document
Supreme Court document | Jul 25, 2026
CourtListener docket record
docket | Jul 25, 2026
Opinion
opinion | Oct 18, 2021
Main Document
order | Jun 30, 2021
Proof of Service
order | Jun 30, 2021
Certificate of Word Count
order | Jun 30, 2021
Petition
brief | May 27, 2021