Cruz v. City of Laramie

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the use of a hog-tie restraint on an individual with an apparent and discernible diminished capacity constituted excessive force
• holding that “the fourth amendment protection against excessive force includes the protection of an individual’s right to be free from a hog-tie restraint in situations such as the one confronting the officers herein”
• distinguishing hogtying, where the distance between the handcuffs and ankle cuffs is less than twelve inches, from hobble tying, where the distance is greater and the danger to arrestees is significantly less
• collecting cases describing evidence of the danger of the hog-tie restraint
• “We do not reach the question of whether all hog-tie restraints constitute a constitutional violation per se, but hold that officers may not apply this technique when an individual’s diminished capacity is apparent.”
• “We note that while sister circuits may characterize the hog-tie restraint somewhat differently, we understand such to involve the binding of the ankles to the wrists, behind the back, with 12 inches or less of separation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).