Gerald Wall, Dr. v. County of Orange, a Political Sub-Division of the State of California H. Watson

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• holding overly tight handcuffing can constitute excessive • force when it causes injury or where officers ignore plaintiffs complaints about the handcuffs being too tight
• finding excessively tight handcuffing that caused permanent nerve 12 damage violated the Fourth Amendment
• finding excessively tight handcuffing that caused permanent nerve 9 damage violated the Fourth Amendment
• finding excessive force and remanding where plaintiff alleged that officer physically attacked plaintiff from behind, twisted his right arm behind his back, forced him face down into a patrol car, and then 2 handcuffed him tightly and refused to loosen handcuffs
• rejecting summary 14 judgment in favor of officer when he “handcuffed [the plaintiff’s] hands ‘extremely tight’ 15 behind his back, pick [the plaintiff] up by his handcuffed arms and threw [the plaintiff] 16 ‘upside down’ and head first into the patrol car”
• officers used excessive force “in making the arrest and continuing the restraint by handcuffs that hurt and damaged [arrestee’s] wrist.” (emphasis added)

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