Brace v. Canadian Pac. Ry. Co.

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• noting that the officers did not “hog-tie” the arrestee-defendant when they restrained him in a prone position
• holding that it was not unreasonable for the officers to place the arrestee in a prone position, even though doing so resulted in his death, when the 6 See Frazell v. Flanigan, 102 F.3d 877, 885 (7th Cir. 1996
• explaining that “who discovered that Mr. Phillips was not breathing is a fact of no consequence,” in light of uncon-troverted evidence that the officers continually monitored him
• noting that the officers did not “hog-tie” the arrestee- defendant when they restrained him in a prone position
• affirming summary judgment for defendants where man in hotel room gave unintelligible answers to po- lice and was clenching ballpoint pens in both hands
• granting qualified immunity by relying, in part, on the fact that “the officers did not punch, slap, kick or otherwise deliver a blow to the [arrestee’s] body”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).