Patricia A. Crumley v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota Michael Bratsch, Police Officer Gerard Bohling, Police Officer

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that \for the application of handcuffs to amount to excessive force there must be something beyond allegations of minor injuries\
• holding that injury was considered de minimus where tight handcuffs caused bleeding
• holding as a matter of law that handcuffing resulting in bleeding was not excessive where long term injury was not alleged or supported by medical records
• discussing how being handcuffed too tightly can state an excessive force claim if there is “something beyond allegations of minor injuries”
• finding no excessive force in securing handcuffs so tightly they made plaintiff’s hand bleed (citing Rodriguez v. Farrell, 280 F.3d 1341, 1352 (11th Cir. 2000
• explaining “a de minimus use of force or injury is insufficient to support a finding of a constitutional violation”

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