Janet M. Hicks v. Richard D. Moore

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• holding that the plaintiff could not maintain a supervisory liability claim against the defendant supervisors absent an underlying constitutional violation
• noting that the Fourth Amendment “protects people from ‘unreasonable’ seizures, and ‘unreasonable’ contemplates” harassing and abusive behavior towards a detainee during a seizure
• holding the plaintiff could not maintain a supervisory liability action under § 1983 because there was no underlying constitutional violation by the officers
• noting that district court had discretion to remand the plaintiff’s supplemental state law claims after it granted summary judgment on all federal claims in favor of the defendant
• acknowledging that unwanted touching “towards a detainee during a seizure” could amount to a Fourth Amendment violation, but finding summary judgment appropriate because the touching was “too slight”
• observing that after summary judgment has been granted on all federal law claims, the district court has discretion to decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims

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