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· 12/15/1995

Harvey Rambo v. John Daley and William McGinnis

Citations

  • 68 F.3d 203

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that no reasonable officer could believe that punching a person who was not attempting to flee or not physically resisting was reasonable
  • involving handcuffed detainee who had ribs broken after he refused to get into squad car without attempting to flee or physically resisting officers
  • “The Constitution clearly does not allow police officers to force a handcuffed, passive suspect into a squad car by breaking his ribs.”
  • “The Constitution clearly does not allow police officers to force a handcuffed, passive suspect into a squad car by breaking his ribs.”
  • “The Constitution clearly does not allow police officers to force a handcuffed, passive suspect into a squad car by breaking his ribs.”
  • “The Constitution clearly does not allow police officers to force a handcuffed, passive suspect [who did not attempt to flee or physically resist the officers] into a squad car by breaking his ribs.”

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Judges: Cudahy, Flaum, Easterbrook

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