· 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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