Lowell Dean Wilson v. David Flynn Jason Butler Town of Ayden

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• concluding that this factor weighed against plaintiff when he ”disobeyed Officer Flynn’s orders and physically resisted when Officer Flynn attempted to put [plaintiff] in handcuffs”
• finding that the use of force was reasonable where the plaintiff disobeyed the officer’s orders and physically resisted when the officer attempted to handcuff him
• finding that the alleged crime at issue, placing “[a] hand on [the alleged.victim’s] face” failed to result “in any significant physical harm, it still constitutes criminal activity”
• noting that, even without any evidence of the assault causing physical harm, a reasonable officer could still conclude that the suspect’s conduct evidenced an intent to hurt
• finding that the alleged crime at issue, placing “[a] hand on [the alleged victim’s] face” failed to result “in any significant physical harm, it still constitutes criminal activity”
• holding, even without evidence of physical harm resulting from an assault, a reasonable officer could conclude that a suspect’s conduct showed an intention to hurt and therefore was severe under this factor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).