Heitschmidt v. City of Houston

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• noting that, with ten to twelve officers on the scene, the plaintiff could have been effectively restrained in a far less intrusive manner
• holding that a Summers detention was unreasonably prolonged and intrusive
• holding detainee stated claim for unlawful detention where detainee was handcuffed in street and held without access to toilet for four hours during evidentiary search, and detainee was not suspect in underlying criminal investigation
• denying qualified immunity to officers who placed and kept the plaintiff in tight handcuffs for several hours
• holding detainee stated claim for unlawful detention where detainee was handcuffed in street and held without access to toilet for four hours during evidentiary search, and detainee was not suspect in underlying criminal investigation
• reversing 11 dismissal of excessive force claim against officers who ignored defendant’s request to 12 loosen painfully tight handcuffs for several hours

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).