Flanigan v. Town of Colchester

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• granting summary judgment to officer who knocked feet out from under arrestee who had threatened neighbor with a BB gun
• granting summary judgment when officer knocked feet out from an arrestee whose BB gun was in his house
• plaintiff shook his hands free from the officer and was therefore “actively evading the officers’ attempts to place him in protective custody”
• “fractured right orbit bone . . . is not a surprising result of a reasonable police response to” plaintiff’s attempt to resist arrest
• where plaintiff evaded the officer's attempts to handcuff him and took a few steps toward the plaintiff's house, officer who took plaintiff to the ground, allegedly fracturing a right orbit bone when the plaintiff's face hit the ground, did not use unreasonable force

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