Davenport v. Causey

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that there was active resistance because the suspect delivered “closed-fisted blows” to the officer’s head
• holding that there was active resistance because the suspect delivered “closed-fisted blows” to the officer’s head
• concluding that “[m]ore force is also proper, which could include deadly force, if the suspect was fighting with the police”
• holding that the city was not liable because the court held no constitutional violations occurred
• finding that “closed-fisted blows ... may constitute deadly force” especially when directed at the head
• holding a suspect that had “a lot of physical strength and ... brute force” “actively resisted” arrest when “attacked two officers,” “used closed-flsted blows,” and knocked one down

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).