Morris v. George
Petition for certiorari denied on June 2, 2014
Issue: Whether the court of appeals was correct when it held
that it was “categorically precluded” from reviewing the record as a whole to determine whether
plaintiff’s version of events, which the district
court held sufficient to defeat qualified immunity, was blatantly contradicted by the record such
that no reasonable jury could believe it; and (2) whether, if the court of appeals was required to review
the record as whole to determine whether
plaintiff’s version of events was blatantly contradicted
by the record such that the defendant deputies
were entitled to qualified immunity, a video or
audio recording (such as in Scott v. Harris) is the only evidence that is sufficient to overcome
conflicting version of events.