First Circuit· 11/5/2008

Parker v. Gerrish

Citations

547 F.3d 1
72 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 7
2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 23079
2008 WL 4793434

How courts have described this case

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concluding that there was a Fourth Amendment violation based on the use of a taser against a non-presently resisting person even though the person had harassed and resisted the officer earlier in the encounter
finding an intoxicated driver's de minimis resistance to arrest insufficient to justify deploying a taser in order to handcuff him
upholding jury verdict that officer used excessive force in [t]asering an arrestee who had insulted the officers but also had complied with their requests and did not resist arrest
finding an intoxicated driver’s de minimis resistance to arrest insufficient to justify deploying a taser in order to handcuff him
distinguishing driving while intoxicated from “an offense like robbery or assault” that “present a risk of danger to the arresting officer”
finding use of a taser excessive when the plaintiff was defiant but offered only de minimis resistance

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Judges: Torruella, Boudin, Dyk

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