· 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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