· 12/16/2011
Mannkind Securities Actions
Citations
- 835 F. Supp. 2d 797
- 2011 WL 6327089
- 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 145253
How courts have described this case
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- noting that “[the officers] should have known” that tasing the plaintiff – who was “standing on a small, unenclosed ledge ten feet off the ground” – “was unrea- sonable even despite the lack of precedent involving tasers used under similar circumstances”
- denying a motion for summary judgment by an offi- ' cer who used a Taser on a suspect who was “standing on a small, unenclosed ledge ten feet off the ground,” which caused the suspect to the ground, fatally injuring him
- “Generally, whether qualified immunity applies to the conduct of a law enforcement officer is a question of law for the court to decide.” (citing Stephenson v. Doe, 332 F.3d 68, 80-81 (2d Cir.2003))
- opining similarly on summary judgment
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