Ernest D. Johnson v. Brian Breeden

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• noting that special interrogatories relating to a qualified immunity defense should be limited to the “who-what-when-where-why type of historical fact issues”
• holding if there are facts inconsistent with granting qualified immunity at summary judgment, then “the case and the qualified immunity issue along with it will proceed to trial”
• holding if there are facts inconsistent with granting qualified immunity at summary judgment, then “the case and the qualified immunity issue along with it will proceed to trial”
• accepting that an inmate’s history of violence may warrant extra precautions
• accepting an inmate’s concession that using an electric shield to incapacitate him was lawful in the light of his non- compliance
• finding head injury that caused swelling and seizure, along with cuts and bruises to the face, shoulders, and upper back was more than de minimis injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).