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Seventh Circuit· 5/12/2016

Jamie Becker v. Zachary Effriechs

Citations

  • 821 F.3d 920
  • 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 8703
  • 2016 WL 2754023

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  • holding that it was unreasonable to allow a dog to continue biting a suspect who attempted to surrender
  • recognizing that, prior to 2011, “it was well-established in this circuit that police officers could not use significant force on nonresisting or passively resisting suspects” (quoting Abbott, 705 F.3d at 732)
  • holding that continuation of dog-bite seizure constituted excessive force but emphasizing that the case did “not involve a split-second delay between the officer pulling [the suspect] to the ground and directing” the dog to end the seizure
  • holding that continuation of dog-bite seizure constituted excessive force but emphasizing that the case did “not involve a split-second delay between the officer pulling [the suspect] to the ground and directing” the dog to end the seizure
  • emphasizing that it is “well‐estab‐ lished that police officers cannot continue to use force once a No. 18‐1514 13 suspect is subdued”
  • emphasizing that it is “well-estab- lished that police officers cannot continue to use force once a No. 18-1514 13 suspect is subdued”

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Judges: Manton, Flaum, Manion, Sykes

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