Dustin Myers v. Murry Bowman

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• holding that “a supervisor may not be held liable under section 1983 unless the supervised official committed an underlying violation of a constitutional right”
• holding that “a supervisor may not be held liable under section 1983 unless the supervised official committed an underlying violation of a constitutional right”
• holding that “a supervisor may not be held liable under section 1983 unless the supervised official committed an underlying violation of a constitutional right”
• holding that supervisors can be liable under section 1983 when there is a causal connection between actions of the supervising official and the alleged constitutional violation
• holding that officer did not use excessive force when he “grabbed [the plaintiff] by the arm, forced him to the ground, placed him in handcuffs, and searched him”
• noting that defendant could have made a false report through means not connected to his government service

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).