Sixth Circuit· 3/5/2020
Keyonte Ashford, Sr. v. Michael Raby
Citations
- 951 F.3d 798
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- observing that on a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, when videotape captures the events in question the court considers the undisputed video footage and adopts the plaintiff’s version of any facts not caught on film
- adopting “the plaintiff’s version of any facts not caught on film”
- “Reasonable officers in this circuit will pay attention to this court’s caselaw. . . . But we can’t expect officers to keep track of persuasive authority from every one of our sister circuits.” (emphasis added)
- “[W]e can’t expect officers to keep track of persuasive authority from every one of our sister circuits. They spend their time trying to protect the public, not reading casebooks.”
- “In describing what happened, we rely mainly on undisputed video footage from police dashboard cameras on the scene. We adopt the plaintiff’s version of any facts not caught on film.”
- “[W]e must consider what was reasonable from the officer’s perspective, not the suspect’s.”
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- Estate of Seth Michael Zakora v. Troy ChrismanSixth Circuit· 2022-08-10· cited 126×
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- Fletcher Small v. Officer BrockSixth Circuit· 2020-06-26· cited 61×
- Kelly Rhodes v. State of Mich.Sixth Circuit· 2021-08-24· cited 53×
- Deanna Puskas v. Delaware Cnty., OhioSixth Circuit· 2023-01-05· cited 52×
- Darrin VanPelt v. City of Detroit, Mich.Sixth Circuit· 2023-06-06· cited 17×
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Cites
22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
- Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court· 2009-01-21· cited 13,928×
- Scott v. HarrisSupreme Court· 2007-04-30· cited 13,305×
- Mullenix v. LunaSupreme Court· 2015-11-09· cited 3,438×
- District of Columbia v. WesbySupreme Court· 2018-01-22· cited 2,459×
- Kisela v. HughesSupreme Court· 2018-04-02· cited 1,731×
- Scott L. Matthews v. Leon E. Jones, Sr., Jefferson County Police Department, and Unknown Police Officer, Jefferson County Police DepartmentSixth Circuit· 1994-09-20· cited 1,150×
- Cheryl D. Lyons v. City of Xenia, Christine Keith, Officer Matthew Foubert, OfficerSixth Circuit· 2005-08-04· cited 269×
- Burchett v. KieferSixth Circuit· 2002-11-19· cited 253×
- Watkins v. City of OaklandNinth Circuit· 1998-05-29· cited 222×
- Adam Kanuszewski v. Mich. Dep't of Health & Human Servs.Sixth Circuit· 2019-06-10· cited 210×
- Ohio Civil Service Employees Association v. Richard P. SeiterSixth Circuit· 1988-10-04· cited 176×
- Jerome Weinmann v. Patrick McCloneSeventh Circuit· 2015-05-27· cited 138×
- Griffin v. HardrickSixth Circuit· 2010-05-13· cited 133×
- Samuel Campbell v. City of Springboro, OhioSixth Circuit· 2012-11-29· cited 132×
- Elois Dunigan v. Scott Noble, Public Safety Officer, and Percy Jenkins, Public Safety Officer, Jointly and SeverallySixth Circuit· 2005-01-04· cited 125×
- Michael Kent v. County of OaklandSixth Circuit· 2016-01-06· cited 124×
- Robinette v. BarnesSixth Circuit· 1988-08-22· cited 120×
- Colin A. Edwards v. Bryan C. ShanleyEleventh Circuit· 2012-01-12· cited 103×
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