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· 1/20/2000

Papp v. Snyder

Citations

  • 81 F. Supp. 2d 852
  • 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1011
  • 2000 WL 130699

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “[n]o reasonable officer would use a choke hold and a carotid sleeper hold on a suspect who is both handcuffed and restrained by four other individuals”
  • denying qualified immunity where jury could conclude that officer used a choke hold and carotid hold when the victim was restrained by others and handcuffed
  • no qualified immunity for use of choke hold while suspect is handcuffed and restrained

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Gwin

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