Evans v. Poskon

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that Heck did not bar plaintiff’s claims that “the police used excessive force to effect custody” or that “the police beat him severely even after reducing him to custody”
• stating that “a plaintiff is master of his claim and can, if he insists, stick to a position that forecloses relief”
• stating that “a plaintiff is master of his claim and can, if he insists, stick to a position that forecloses relief’
• noting that “a claim asserting that a search or seizure violated the fourth amendment—and excessive force during an arrest is such a claim—accrues immediately”
• noting that “a claim asserting that a search or seizure violated the fourth amend- ment—and excessive force during an arrest is such a claim—accrues immediately”
• explaining that excessive force claim does not necessarily imply invalidity of conviction for resisting arrest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).