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Cite as:  595 U. S. ____ (2021) 

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Per Curiam 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

CITY OF TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA, ET AL. v. AUSTIN 
P. BOND, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF 
DOMINIC F. ROLLICE, DECEASED 

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED 
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

No. 20–1668.  Decided October 18, 2021

 PER CURIAM. 
On August 12, 2016, Dominic Rollice’s ex-wife, Joy, called 
911.  Rollice was in her garage, she explained, and he was 
intoxicated and would not leave.  Joy requested police as-
sistance; otherwise, “it’s going to get ugly real quick.”  981 
F. 3d 808, 812 (CA10 2020).  The dispatcher asked whether 
Rollice lived at the residence.  Joy said he did not but ex-
plained that he kept tools in her garage. 

Officers Josh Girdner, Chase Reed, and Brandon Vick re-
sponded to the call.  All three knew that Rollice was Joy’s
ex-husband,  was  intoxicated,  and  would  not  leave  her 
home. 

Joy  met  the  officers  out  front  and  led  them  to  the  side 
entrance of the garage.  There the officers encountered Rol-
lice and began speaking with him in the doorway.  Rollice 
expressed concern that the officers intended to take him to
jail; Officer Girdner told him that they were simply trying
to get him a ride.  Rollice began fidgeting with something
in his hands and the officers noticed that he appeared nerv-
ous.  Officer Girdner asked if he could pat Rollice down for 
weapons.  Rollice refused. 

Police body-camera video captured what happened next.
As  the  conversation  continued,  Officer  Girdner  gestured 
with his hands and took one step toward the doorway, caus-
ing Rollice to take one step back.  Rollice, still conversing
with  the  officers,  turned  around  and  walked  toward  the 
back  of  the  garage  where  his  tools  were  hanging  over  a