Hello everyone! I am looking for one co-speaker for the session below for our midyear seminar. We are looking for a ready and willing participant to send me his/her/their bio and headshot. Please send it directly to me by this Thursday, March 14th. This is a first-come-first-serve opportunity. Strategies For Dispositive Motions in Section 1983 Cases Involving the Use of Deadly Force This presentation will examine considerations and strategies for motions to dismiss and for summary judgment for Section 1983 deadly force claims. The presentation will focus on both objective reasonableness and qualified immunity in defending individual officers. The presentation will also discuss how to address arguments raised by plaintiffs' counsel to defeat summary judgment, including the use of police practices experts to establish alternative actions or "best" practices for approaching an armed individual and a focus on whether the officer's actions violated internal rules and procedures. The backdrop for the presentation will be two recent decisions in the First Circuit litigated by the City of Boston Law Department, Rahim v. USA, et al., 51 F. 4th 402 (2022) and Bannon v. Godin, 2022 WL 17417615 at *1 (D. Mass, Dec. 5, 2022) (pending in First Circuit at Docket No. 22-1958) as well as the Tenth Circuit's recent decision in George v. City of Rifle, Colorado, 85 F.4th 1300 (10th Cir. 2023). Date & Time: April 19th from 3:45-4:45 pm ET Speaker: Edward Whitesell [logo]<https://imla.org/> [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> Deanna Shahnami (she/her) Assistant General Counsel, Director of DEI International Municipal Lawyers Association P: (202) 466-5424 x7105 D: (202) 742-1019 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 Plan Ahead! See IMLA's upcoming events<https://imla.org/events/>, calls and programming. Check out our On-Demand webinar library<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/shopping/shopping.aspx?site=imla&webcode=shopping&cart=0&shopsearchCat=Merchandise&productCat=Webinar> with 100+ webinars at your fingertips!