Civil Rights: 42 U.S.C. §1983-Excessive Force-Reasonableness of Search

Plaintiff, an offender civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender program, appealed from the dismissal of his §1983 action alleging violations of his constitutional rights stemming from the use of force.

Where plaintiff failed to show that the use of force was objectively unreasonable or that the scope of his search was unreasonable, the district court correctly concluded that there had been no violation of plaintiff’s rights.

Judgment is affirmed.

Green v. Lake (MLW No. 74547/Case No. 19-2001 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Montgomery, J.