Case Name: Jamee L. WADE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bill COPELAND, Police Officer, City of Fruitland Police Department, Defendant-Appellant, and City of Fruitland; City of Fruitland Police Department, Defendants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-09-28
Citations: 669 F. App'x 413
Docket Number: No. 14-35281
Parties: Jamee L. WADE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bill COPELAND, Police Officer, City of Fruitland Police Department, Defendant-Appellant, and City of Fruitland; City of Fruitland Police Department, Defendants.
Judges: Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 669
Pages: 413–414

Head Matter:
Jamee L. WADE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bill COPELAND, Police Officer, City of Fruitland Police Department, Defendant-Appellant, and City of Fruitland; City of Fruitland Police Department, Defendants.
No. 14-35281
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted September 2, 2016 Seattle, Washington
Filed September 28, 2016
Ronaldo A. Coulter, Attorney, Idaho Employment Law Solutions, Eagle, ID, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Jacob H. Naylor, Attorney, Kirtlan G. Naylor, General Attorney, Naylor & Hales, P.C., Boise, ID, for Defendant-Appellant
Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
The Honorable Andre M. Davis, Senior Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
City of Fruitland Police Department officer Bill Copeland appeals the . district court's denial of his motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by Jamee Wade. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
We review de novo an order denying summary judgment based on qualified immunity. Glenn v. Wash. Cty., 673 F.3d 864, 870 (9th Cir. 2011). When a defendant asserts a qualified immunity defense on an excessive force claim, we inquire "into the objective reasonableness of the officer's belief in the necessity of his actions, and there is no Fourth Amendment violation if the officer can satisfy this standard." Wilkins v. City of Oakland, 350 F.3d 949, 954 (9th Cir. 2003). The court also must ask "whether the actions alleged violate a clearly established constitutional right, where clearly established means that it would be clear to a reasonable officer that his conduct was unlawful in the situation he confronted." Id. (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
The district court properly denied summary judgment as to the first shooting. There is a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Copeland's shooting of Wade was objectively reasonable, since there is evidence that Wade had his hands up when he was shot. It violates clearly established Supreme Court law to "seize an unarmed, nondangerous suspect by shooting him dead." Torres v. City of Madera, 648 F.3d 1119, 1128 (9th Cir. 2011) (quoting Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 11, 105 S.Ct. 1694, 85 L.Ed.2d 1 (1985)).
However, Copeland was entitled to qualified immunity as to the second shooting. Copeland's belief that his use of force was legal and that he faced serious risk of harm was objectively reasonable. Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 396, 109 S.Ct. 1865, 104 L.Ed.2d 443 (1989). Video evidence shows that despite having been shot once already, Wade was advancing quickly towards Copeland and was very near Copeland at the time of the shooting. It is also uncontroverted that Copeland knew that Wade had called the police the night before, seeking to have a SWAT team sent to his house so he could fight with officers.
Each party shall bear its own costs on appeal,
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.