Franklin A. Brown v. State of Florida

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that abrasions, bruises, bloody urine, and high blood pressure and heart rate are de minimis injuries insufficient to support an excessive force claim
• “This court has held the following types of injuries to be de minimis: abrasions, back and neck pain, and contusions.”
• “Although we no longer require ‘significant injury’ for excessive force claims, the injury must be more than de minimis.” (Citation omitted)
• “Delay in medical care can only constitute an Eighth Amendment violation if there has been deliberate indifference that results in substantial harm,” which can include the “pain suffered during the delay itself”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).