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· 8/1/1994

Gene Autrey Adams v. Paul Metiva

Citations

  • 31 F.3d 375
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 19686
  • 1994 WL 394087

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that use of force after suspect had been incapacitated by mace would be excessive as a matter of law
  • holding that use of force after suspect had been incapacitated by mace would be excessive as a matter of law
  • holding that continuing to spray mace in the face of an incapacitated arrestee would constitute excessive force
  • holding that use of force after suspect had been incapacitated by mace would be excessive as a matter of law
  • holding that continuing to spray mace in the face of an incapacitated arrestee would constitute excessive force
  • holding that use of force after suspect had been incapacitated by mace would be excessive as a matter of law

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Judges: Milburn, Batchelder, Contie

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