Ramirez v. Guadarrama

In a case where surviving family members brought a Fourth Amendment excessive force claim against a police officer who used his taser in a unique and rapidly evolving circumstance that tragically resulted in the death of Petitioners’ Decedent, did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly apply the doctrine of qualified immunity to preclude liability and suit when the Petitioners did not sufficiently plead that the officer’s actions caused the deprivation of a constitutional right, were objectively unreasonable, or violated clearly established law, under the analysis required by Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989), where the Court of Appeals concluded that “given the horrendous scene that the officers were facing, involving the immediate potential for the destruction of lives and property, the force used – firing tasers – was not unreasonable or excessive”?