· 11/2/2012
Efrain Sanchez v. City of Chicago
Citations
- 700 F.3d 919
- 83 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1486
- 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 22555
- 2012 WL 5377806
How courts have described this case
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- explaining, in a Fourth Amendment case alleging excessive force, that an officer may be \held to account both for his own use of excessive force . . . as well as his failure to take reasonable steps to attempt to stop the excessive force used by his fellow officers\
- “failure to intervene” is a form of “personal involvement” that does not require actual “participat[ion] in [the] misconduct”
- “[F]ailure to intervene” is a form of “personal involvement” that does not require actual “participat[ion] in [the] misconduct”
- failure to intervene is a form of personal involvement for purposes of § 1983
- an officer can be liable for both for his own use of excessive force and his failure to take reasonable steps to stop the use of excessive force by fellow officers
- an officer can be liable for both for his own use of excessive force and his failure to take reasonable steps to stop the use of excessive force by fellow officers
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Judges: Bauer, Rovner, Sykes
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