Hill v. Algor

How courts have described this case

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

• “the deliberate indifference standard governs claims ... arising out of one’s arrest and post-arrest detention”
• “Where a police officer uses excessive force in effectuating an arrest, that officer may be liable for assault and battery.”
• “[W]here factual issues relevant to the determination of qualified immunity are in dispute, the Court cannot resolve the matte r as a question of law.”
• “The right to be free from an unprovoked beating while in police custody is clearly established.”
• “[T]he Court notes that an unprovoked assault, if proved by [plaintiff], would constitute excessive force under [] the Fourth Amendment.”
• “[F]acts submitted in the statement of material facts which remain uncontested by the opposing party are deemed admitted.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).