Opinion ID: 2085404
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Lack of Record on Appeal

Text: As noted above, the record is currently insufficiently developed for us to decide whether summary judgment should have been granted on Scales's remaining common law claims following Young. Although Young precludes Scales's Fourth Amendment-based § 1983 suit and his suit for false arrest, see Part II.B, supra, the record lacks the findings needed to support disposition of Scales's remaining claims, including the claims we have not specifically discussed in this opinion. For example, at the very least, it is entirely unclear from the record what motivated Officer Young to shoot Scales. We decline to address whether Officer Young's motivation is a fact in genuine dispute, and leave that question for the trial court to decide in the first instance. See New 3145 Deauville, L.L.C. v. First Am. Title Ins. Co., 881 A.2d 624, 630 (D.C.2005) (holding that the preferable course of action is to permit the trial court to address in the first instance these further arguments). Indeed, we are certain that on remand the trial court will give due consideration to all of Scales's remaining claims and their applicable tests.