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· 6/26/2017

Cobbert v. Stevenson

Citations

  • 137 S. Ct. 2319
  • 198 L. Ed. 2d 722
  • 2017 WL 2722413

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing excessive force claims may arise where “plaintiffs either suffered damage to their wrists as a consequence of the handcuffs or the plaintiffs complained to the officers about the handcuffs being too tight”
  • rejecting excessive- force claim of plaintiff who engaged in “passive resistance” by refusing to stand up and was “thrown” to the ground when officer grabbed an arm, used his body weight against plaintiff, and pushed him “right down violently to the ground”

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