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Seventh Circuit· 5/20/2024

Charles Brumitt v. Sam Smith

Citations

  • 102 F.4th 444

Oral argument

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How courts have described this case

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  • holding because the officer’s use of force occurred for a time amounting to seconds, the officer was entitled to qualified immunity
  • “[F]raming the right as the right to be free from force once subdued is impermissi- bly broad.”
  • “[F]raming the right as the right to be free from force once subdued is impermissi- bly broad.”
  • assuming a police officer would need more than four seconds to register that he had knocked a suspect uncon- scious and then to stop applying force
  • assuming a police officer would need more than four seconds to register that he had knocked a suspect uncon- scious and then to stop applying force
  • officer’s martial arts training didn’t make force used clearly excessive

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