Gonzalez v. City of Elgin

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that officers were not entitled to qualified immunity on excessive force claims at summary judgment where plaintiffs’ account of the facts suggested a violation of clearly established law
• denying summary judgment “when the qualified immunity inquiry cannot be disentangled from disputed facts”
• denying summary judgment “when the qualified immunity inquiry cannot be disentangled from disputed facts”
• denying summary judgment “when the qualified immunity inquiry cannot be disentangled from disputed facts”
• considering “(1) whether the facts, taken in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, show that the defendant violated a constitutional right; and (2) whether the constitutional right was clearly established at [that] time”
• assessing defendant’s conduct “in light of the particular circumstances” he faced

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).