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· 1/30/1997

Elsie Marie Mayard v. Tamara Joy Hopwood Kernie Beam Miller Terry Hyde, Dennis Meyer John Wright Karsten Winger

Citations

  • 105 F.3d 1226
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 1476
  • 1997 WL 33486

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the force used to take the plaintiff into custody and place her in the squad car, which included hobbling her, was objectively reasonable
  • affirming the reasonableness of force used in placing a resisting, hobbled suspect in a prone position to transport her to the jail
  • placing prone detainee, who was kicking and otherwise struggling with officers, in hobble restraint was objectively reasonable \particularly...in light of [the detainee's] resistance\
  • explaining reasonableness standard as whether police officer&s conduct was objectively reasonable under circumstances; concluding slapping and punching restrained arrestee was actionable
  • prior to challenged police force, plaintiff kicked and hit officer and resisted arrest
  • prior to challenged police force, plaintiff kicked and hit officer and resisted arrest

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Judges: Magill, Bright, Murphy

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