Opinion ID: 3032369
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Text: Under Behrens v. Pelletier, 516 U.S. 299, 312-13 (1996), we have jurisdiction to hear Shields’s interlocutory appeal regarding qualified immunity. We conclude that Shields 7490 KENNEDY v. RIDGEFIELD unreasonably violated Kennedy’s clearly established constitutional right. Under the state-created danger doctrine, a police officer may be liable for actions that create or augment known or obvious dangers. Here, Shields’s actions both increased and misrepresented the risk Plaintiff faced. Under Grubbs, increasing and misrepresenting a known risk may give rise to § 1983 liability. This doctrine was clearly established by the time the events of this case took place. Accordingly, the trial court’s denial of Shields’s motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity is hereby AFFIRMED.