Defendant, an off-duty police officer, was working security for a concert attended by plaintiff. Defendant called plaintiff over to him and tried to pull plaintiff over a metal barrier; defendant lost his grip on plaintiff, causing plaintiff to fall to ...

Tagged with: 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil rights excessive force Off-Duty Police Officer

Defendant police officer Joshua Hastings shot and killed 15-year-old Bobby Moore. Plaintiff, Moore’s mother, filed suit against Hastings and his police chief and municipal employer. The district court granted summary judgment to the chief and city; the jury subsequently found ...

Tagged with: 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil rights excessive force Supervisor Liability

Plaintiff filed suit against defendants, claiming his arresting officer employed excessive force during plaintiff’s detention in county jail. The officer knew plaintiff suffered from various physical limitations; although plaintiff requested an isolated cell, the officer declined to provide one. When ...

Tagged with: 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil rights excessive force Qualified Immunity

Where a plaintiff in an excessive force case challenged the district court’s limitations on discovery and the grant of summary judgment to the police officer defendants, the judgment was affirmed because the denial of the plaintiff’s discovery requests was not ...

Tagged with: civil rights discovery excessive force Qualified Immunity

Decedent’s mother filed suit against defendants after decedent was shot by police attempting to escape a hostage situation at a hotel, when officers apparently mistook decedent as a potential threat. The district court granted defendants summary judgment, ruling the officers ...

Tagged with: 42 U.S.C. §1983 excessive force Qualified Immunity

Defendant, a state trooper, attempted to affect a traffic stop of plaintiff, whose registration was expired. When plaintiff failed to pull over, defendant initiated a pursuit-intervention-technique maneuver that caused plaintiff’s vehicle to spin into a ditch and strike a concrete ...

Tagged with: 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil rights excessive force Qualified and Statutory Immunity

Defendant, a state trooper, attempted to affect a traffic stop of plaintiff, whose registration was expired. When plaintiff failed to pull over, defendant initiated a pursuit-intervention-technique maneuver that caused plaintiff’s vehicle to spin into a ditch and strike a concrete ...

Tagged with: 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil rights excessive force Qualified and Statutory Immunity

Where the parents of a man, who died from heart complications after officers used a Taser on him as he attacked his girlfriend while he was high on methamphetamine, brought claims of excessive force and state-law assault and battery and ...

Tagged with: civil rights excessive force Qualified Immunity Taser Use

Plaintiff alleged that defendant police officers used excessive force in effecting her arrest, resulting in severe injuries requiring surgery. The district court denied summary judgment to the remaining officer who conducted the physical takedown of plaintiff, ruling that he was ...

Tagged with: civil rights excessive force Qualified Immunity Reasonableness of Violent Takedown

Where the parents of a man, who died from heart complications after officers used a taser on him as he attacked his girlfriend while he was high on methamphetamine, brought claims of excessive force and state-law assault and battery and ...

Tagged with: civil rights excessive force Qualified Immunity Taser Use

Defendant appealed the denial of his motion for summary judgment on grounds of qualified immunity. Plaintiff alleged defendant used excessive force while arresting her. The district court concluded defendant was not entitled to qualified immunity because he used excessive force ...

Tagged with: civil rights Clearly Established Right excessive force Qualified Immunity