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Parties Involved:
Glynn County, Georgia
Appellee
Robert C. Sasser
Appellee
M. Todd Simpson
Appellee
Keith Small
Appellant

Document Text:

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 14-14456

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 2:12-cv-00115-LGW-JEG

MICHAEL MCGEHEE,

as authorized representative of M.M., a minor child,

 Plaintiff,

KEITH SMALL, 

as authorized legal representative of A.S., 

a minor child and as representative of the 

Estate of Caroline Small, 

ALAN WELCH, as guardian ad litem

of M.M.,

 Plaintiffs - Appellants,

versus

GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA, 

M. TODD SIMPSON, 

in their individual capacities, 

ROBERT C. SASSER, 

in their individual capacities, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Georgia

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(March 18, 2015)

Before HULL, ROSENBAUM and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: 

We affirm the district court’s grant of qualified immunity for the reasons 

articulated in its summary judgment order, Small v. Glynn Cnty., Ga., No. CV 212-

115, 2014 WL 4928877 (S.D. Ga. Sept. 30, 2014). We note that the district court 

expressly took care to construe the facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs. 

Accordingly, we agree with the district court that an “objectively reasonable 

official standing in the [officers’] place” would not have been on notice that using 

deadly force against Ms. Small “would be clearly unlawful given the 

circumstances.” See Pace v. Capobianco, 283 F.3d 1275, 1282 (11th Cir. 2002).

AFFIRMED.

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