Where officers challenged the denial of qualified immunity on a plaintiff’s claims including retaliatory arrest and excessive force, the officers had arguable probable cause to arrest the plaintiff for trespassing, and the officers were entitled to qualified immunity on the ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Procknow v. Curry (MLW No. 69314/Case No. 15-2046 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)

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