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· 1/24/2012

Lewis v. Grote Industries, Inc.

Citations

  • 841 F. Supp. 2d 1049
  • 2012 WL 234356
  • 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9186

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • observing that there are “no cases in which the Tenth Circuit has found that the deployment of a SWAT team to execute a search warrant amounted to excessive force”
  • finding use of SWAT team reasonable where search warrant “sought evidence of felony drug distribution”
  • “The Court is aware of, and Plaintiff cites, no cases in which the Tenth Circuit has found that the deployment of a SWAT team to execute a search warrant amounted to excessive force.”
  • “[A] blanket policy of sending a SWAT team to execute warrants in all narcotics cases may not offend the Fourth Amendment in the absence of evidence that the decisionmaker knew the team would use excessive force, intended to cause harm. . . .”

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Judges: Holderman

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