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Morris v. Swofford

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on January 24, 2011.

Docket No.10-712
Op. Below11th Cir.

Issue

1) When two deputy sheriffs enter a property searching for felony suspects, and the deputies are forced to fire on the armed property owner in self-defense, are the circumstances of the deputies’ initial entry onto the property relevant to the constitutionality of their subsequent use of force against the property owner; and 2) where two deputy sheriffs enter a property searching for felony suspects, and the property owner confronts them with a gun, is it clearly established, for purposes of qualified immunity, that the Fourth Amendment requires the deputies give a warning prior to shooting the property owner in self-defense?

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