Harry L. Jackson v. R.E. Culbertson, Sheriff

How courts have described this case

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• noting that an excessive-force claim by a pretrial detainee is governed by the Due Process Clause rather than the Eighth Amendment
• noting that an excessive force claim by a pretrial detainee is governed by the Due Process Clause rather than the Eighth Amendment
• explaining that a prisoner need not show significant injury but must have suffered at least some injury
• Although plaintiff “need not show a significant injury, he must have suffered at least some injury.”
• “Because he suffered no injury . . . [there] was a de minimis use of physical force . . . not repugnant to the conscience of mankind”; emphasis added
• “Because he suffered no injury, we find that the spraying of Jackson with the fire extinguisher was a de minimis use of physical force and was not repugnant to the conscience of mankind.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).