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No. 20-1668October Term 2020Decided Oct 18, 2021Updated Oct 18, 2021

Docket 20-1668October Term 2020 (2020–2021)

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

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Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released Oct 18, 2021
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedOct 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.

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