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Tenth Circuit· 11/3/2010

Cavanaugh v. Woods Cross City

Citations

  • 625 F.3d 661
  • 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 22907
  • 2010 WL 4332289

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  • ruling that a reasonable juror could conclude that Tasing an unarmed woman with no warning who \was neither actively resisting nor fleeing arrest\ constituted excessive force
  • holding that plaintiffs who brought claims under the Utah Constitution “cannot state a claim for damages ... because their injuries can be fully redressed through their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim”
  • explaining that Graham speaks to the court’s duty to balance individuals’ Fourth Amendment rights against countervailing state interests
  • explaining that Graham speaks to the court’s duty to balance individuals’ Fourth Amendment rights against countervailing state interests
  • stating that for qualified immunity, “[o]n-point cases are particularly important when the constitutional question involves a balancing test”
  • stating that for qualified immunity, \[o]n-point cases are particularly important when the constitutional question involves a balancing test\

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Judges: Kelly, Brorby, Gorsuch

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