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· 2/27/2009

Fennell v. Gilstrap

Citations

  • 559 F.3d 1212
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 5047
  • 2009 WL 485187

How courts have described this case

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

  • considering whether a jailor’s use of force against a pretrial detainee was exces- sive under the Fourteenth Amendment
  • finding video evidence of an alleged incident of excessive force did not contract the officers’ account of the struggle
  • where plaintiff did not remember what occurred during his arrest or while at police station, the court looked to statements of police officers and relevant surveillance video
  • summoning nurses is a sign of tempered force

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Judges: Wilson, Cox, Fawsett

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