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· 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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