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DAYNA LEE, Administratrix of the Estate of Randy Thomas Groom, deceased,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
DAVID SHANE RUSS,
Defendant-Appellee.
   No. 21-5919
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee at Columbia.
No. 1:19-cv-00052—William Lynn Campbell, Jr., District Judge.
Argued: April 27, 2022
Decided and Filed: May 6, 2022
Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; MOORE and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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SUTTON, Chief Judge. Captain David Russ shot and killed Randy Thomas Groom during a confrontation after Groom stole a prescription from a pharmacy. Groom’s estate sued Russ for using excessive force. The district court granted Russ qualified immunity. It reasoned that, although a reasonable jury could conclude that Groom did not pose a serious threat at the time of the shooting, precedent did not clearly establish the unlawfulness of Russ’s conduct. We reverse.



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SUNLESS, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
PALM BEACH TAN, INC.; AMERICAN TANNING, CO.; ASHLEY LYNN’S, INC.; NORTH CENTRAL TAN, LLC; PACIFIC BEACH TAN, INC.; OLD TRINITY PARTNERS, LLC,
Defendants-Appellees.
   No. 21-3616
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Ohio at Akron.
No. 5:21-cv-00248—Solomon Oliver, Jr., District Judge.
Argued: January 12, 2022
Decided and Filed: May 6, 2022
Before: GILMAN, KETHLEDGE, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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LARSEN, Circuit Judge. Sunless, Inc. sells tanning booths and accompanying spray tan solution under the “Mystic Tan” mark. Sunless claims that applying Mystic Tan solution in a Mystic Tan booth results in a “Mystic Tan Experience.” Palm Beach, Inc. owns and franchises a chain of tanning salons. It owns a number of Mystic Tan-branded booths, and it used to buy Mystic Tan-branded tanning solution to use in them. Indeed, it had no choice, because the Mystic Tan booths were designed to accept only Mystic Tan solution. But now Palm Beach has jury-rigged the booths so that they will operate with its own distinctly branded spray tan solution, unapproved by Sunless. Sunless sought a preliminary injunction under the Lanham Act, arguing that the jury-rigging is likely to confuse consumers into believing they are getting a genuine “Mystic Tan Experience” when they are not. The district court denied the motion on the ground that Sunless had failed to show, at this stage of the litigation, that consumers in Palm Beach’s salons would be confused. We affirm.