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“controverting evidence” to rebut Officer Jaradi’s testimony. Salazar-
Limon v. City of Houston, 826 F.3d 272, 278-79 (5th Cir. 2016), as revised (June
16, 2016); see also Manis v. Lawson, 585 F.3d 839, 844 (5th Cir. 2009)
(explaining that “Appellees do not dispute the only fact material to whether
[the officer] was justified in using deadly force” (emphasis added)). In
Salazar-Limon, the court explained that the plaintiff “did not deny reaching
for his waistband; nor [had] he submitted any other controverting evidence
in this regard.” Salazar-Limon, 826 F.3d at 278-79. If the “furtive gesture”
cases are inapposite, almost all of the majority’s arguments about the four
identified genuine disputes of material fact identified by the district court fall
away. See Argueta, 86 F.4th at 1092-93.
As Judge Haynes mentioned in her dissent, “the genuinely
disputed facts here undermine the objective reasonableness of Officer
Jaradi’s use of deadly force,” even with deference to the higher standard for
qualified immunity cases. Argueta, 86 F.4th at 1094-95 (Haynes, J.,
dissenting). For example, whether the officers had reasonable suspicion to
stop and detain Argueta is material to the analysis. See Goodson v. City of
Corpus Christi, 202 F.3d 730, 740 (5th Cir. 2000) (declining to extend
qualified immunity to officers in part because material issues remained as to
whether the officers had reasonable suspicion to detain suspect or probable
cause to arrest him); see also Trammell v. Fruge, 868 F.3d 332, 340 (5th Cir.
2017) (concluding a minor offense militated against the use of force).
Further, the factual dispute concerning Officer Jaradi’s warning, or lack
thereof, is equally material to the analysis. See, e.g., Cole, 935 F.3d at 453
(explaining that disputed material facts regarding whether the officer warned
the plaintiff before shooting him precluded qualified immunity).
The opinion held that “no reasonable jury could conclude that
Argueta was visibly unarmed—because he was armed. At most, a jury could
conclude that Argueta was apparently unarmed.” Argueta, 86 F.4th at 1092.