Hinkle v. City of Clarksburg

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• holding that a claim for bystander liability was inapplicable when a jury rejected the plaintiff-appellant’s claim of excessive force
• concluding that claims derivative of excessive force claim were mooted by jury’s verdict finding no excessive force
• absent any underlying use of excessive force, there can be no bystander liability
• absent any underlying use of excessive force, there can be no bystander liability
• “To establish a civil conspiracy under § 1983, Appellants must present evidence that the Appellees acted jointly in concert and that some overt act was done in furtherance of the conspiracy which resulted in Appellants’ deprivation of a constitutional right.”
• “To establish a civil conspiracy under § 1983, Appellants must present evidence that the Appellees acted jointly in concert and that some overt act was done in furtherance of the conspiracy which resulted in Appellants’ deprivations of a constitutional right . . . .”

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