Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit August 23, 1996, 1373, Docket 95-7899 (Maria Salim, Administratrix of the Estate of Eric Reyes, I/o v. William Proulx)

JON 0. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This appeal concerns a claim of qualified immunity in the context of a police officer’s use of deadly force. Defendant-appellant William Proulx, an East Hartford, Conn., police officer, appeals from that portion of the August 11, 1995, order of the District Court for the District of Connecticut (Dominic J.