Gipe v. DBT Xpress, LLC

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that improper motive could be inferred in part from fact that inmate was subjected to taser shocks while “handcuffed and surrounded by officers”
• holding that delivering taser shocks to inmate who was handcuffed and surrounded by officers might allow a jury to infer improper motive
• noting that policies relevant to the use of force “routinely are considered in excessive-force litigation, including litigation that arises in the prison context”
• noting that incident reports included statements describing the prisoner’s disrespectful attitude and alleged threats of future violence
• explaining that all reasonable inferences must be drawn in favor of plaintiff inmate when defendant officers move for summary judgment
• explaining that a district court “had no occasion to consider the second two prongs” given its conclusion that there had been no illegal act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).