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· 9/19/1989

Kathleen Hansen v. Ronald L. Black

Citations

  • 885 F.2d 642
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 13906
  • 1989 WL 106525

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  • noting that whether a supervisor in his individual capacity is liable for a failure to supervise \hinges upon his participation in the deprivation of constitutional rights\
  • noting that whether a 2 supervisor in his individual capacity is liable for a failure to supervise “hinges upon his 3 participation in the deprivation of constitutional rights”
  • where officers aggressively handcuffed a 5 suspect who was taking out her garbage and complying with the law at the time she was arrested
  • “Supervisory liability exists ... if supervisory officials implement a policy so deficient that the policy itself is a repudiation of constitutional rights and is the moving force of the constitutional violation.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
  • arrestee had 20 bruises on her wrists

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Judges: Schroeder, Beezer, Brunetti

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