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Appeals court hears challenge to officers' immunity claims after Plymouth shooting
Summary
Defense counsel argued officers were entitled to judgment and immunity because the shooting was objectively reasonable and Heck/Tinsley doctrines bar relitigation; the plaintiff disputed that the officers fired after a ceasefire and argued video and other factual disputes preclude summary judgment.
Counsel for the Plymouth police officers asked the appeals panel to reverse the superior court’s denial of summary judgment and grant immunity, arguing the officers’ use of deadly force was objectively reasonable in a rapidly evolving shooting and that doctrines such as Heck v. Humphrey and Tinsley bar relitigation of facts inconsistent with the criminal plea. "... there’s only one single dispositive issue for this appeal, whether the officer's use of…
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