· 1/23/2007
Allison Sanders v. City Of Minneapolis
Citations
- 474 F.3d 523
- 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 1396
How courts have described this case
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- finding that without a constitutional violation by the individual officers, there could be no § 1983 or Monell municipal liability
- finding that without a constitutional violation by the individual officers, there could be no § 1983 or Monell municipal liability
- holding the city of Minneapolis and its officers did not violate the Fourth Amendment and were entitled to summary judgment when the officers used deadly force against a mentally ill person who posed a deadly threat
- holding use of deadly force was objectively reasonable when plaintiff backed his car into a security vehicle and then accelerated toward two officers who were close to his vehicle
- “Without a constitutional violation by the individual officers, there can be no § 1983 or Monell...municipal liability”
- “Without a constitutional violation by the individual officers, there can be no § 1983 or Monell . . . municipal liability.”
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