City of Chico, California, et al. v. Estate of Tyler S. Rushing, et al.
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment
1. As a matter of first impression, does the
Fourth Amendment prevent law enforcement
officers from deploying a Taser to safely arrest
a suspect who violently attacked the officers
but who has not clearly been subdued?
2. Did the Ninth Circuit's decision conflict
with this Court's legal precedent in
determining that a reasonable officer would
have had fair notice that the use of the Taser
to safely handcuff decedent Tyler Rushing
might violate the Fourth Amendment?
3. Does the Ninth Circuit's decision conflict
with Graham v. Connor and decisions of other
Circuits insofar as it ignores the totality of the
circumstances and confines its Fourth
Amendment analysis to the approximate
minute between Officer Ruppel's second shot
and deployment of the Taser?
Does the Fourth Amendment prevent law enforcement officers from deploying a Taser to safely arrest a suspect who violently attacked the officers but who has not clearly been subdued?