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· 2/27/2013

Becker v. Bateman

Citations

  • 709 F.3d 1019
  • 2013 WL 697910
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4059

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding an unpublished case failed to demonstrate the law was clearly established when the case “[was] not factually analogous” to the plaintiff’s case
  • noting plaintiffs bear the burden of showing a constitutional violation at the qualified immunity stage of summary judgment
  • \Reasonable jurors could infer ... that Becker's withdrawing of his hand after Officer Bateman attempted to place it in a wrist lock was simply reflexive.\
  • “While Officer Bateman is entitled to assert the qualified immunity defense, the City is not.”
  • “While Officer Bateman is entitled to assert the qualified immunity defense, the City is not.”
  • qualified immunity for a clean throw- down takedown in which the suspect suffered a brain inju- ry

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Judges: Gorsuch, Murphy, Holmes

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