Chenault v. Grigsby

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that \it is clearly established that verbal objections to police actions do not warrant use of physical force\
• concluding that, under Hussain, the collective-knowledge doctrine was inapplicable, where arresting officers’ knowledge about a plaintiffs arguable- crimes “was not communicated” to two other officers accused of false arrest
• stating that use of force \is only reasonable when it is proportional to the threat posed\
• arresting officer not entitled to qualified immunity despite officer’s testimony he merely gave arrestee a “bear hug” in light of plaintiff’s testimony that he was placed in a chokehold
• “It is clearly established that an officer punching someone in the face: unprovoked violates that person’s rights.”
• “[I]t is clearly established that verbal objections to police actions do not warrant use of physical force.” (collecting cases)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).