Brandon Lee Rich v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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• holding that twenty-seven complaints filed between 2002 and 2005 did not establish a pattern of excessive force
• holding 27 similar incidents insufficient to establish á pattern of unconstitutional conduct by city police
• holding that twenty-seven previous incidents did not establish an official policy
• holding 27 complaints of excessive force over 3 years were insufficient to establish a pattern
• “A pattern requires similarity and specificity; prior indications cannot simply be for any and all bad or unwise acts, but rather must point to the specific violation in question.”
• Monell liability available under the Fourth Amendment based on “a complete failure to train”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).