· 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
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- concluding an unpublished case failed to demonstrate the law was clearly established when the case “[was] not factually analogous” to the plaintiff’s case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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