Mason v. City of Lafayette, No. 14-30021 (5th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CasePlaintiffs filed suit against defendants after their son, Quamaine Mason, was fatally shot while Officer Martin Faul was responding to a reported armed robbery. The complaint alleged Monell claims against Faul's employer, Lafayette, and Lafayette's Chief of Police, as well as claims against all three defendants under Louisiana law. The court reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Faul on plaintiff's Fourth Amendment and state law claims because there are material fact issues that preclude summary judgment in favor of Faul on the basis of qualified immunity. In this case, a reasonable jury could conclude that when Faul fired the final two shots, Mr. Mason would have appeared incapacitated to an objectively reasonable officer. The court otherwise affirmed the judgment.
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