Morris v. Swofford

Issue: 1) When two deputy sheriffs enter a property searching for felony suspects, and the deputies are forced to fire on the armed property owner in self-defense, are the circumstances of the deputies’ initial entry onto the property relevant to the constitutionality of their subsequent use of force against the property owner; and 2) where two deputy sheriffs enter a property searching for felony suspects, and the property owner confronts them with a gun, is it clearly established, for purposes of qualified immunity, that the Fourth Amendment requires the deputies give a warning prior to shooting the property owner in self-defense?

Briefs and Documents

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (11th Cir.)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioners' reply