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· 11/15/2019

People v. Gazzillo

Citations

  • 2019 NY Slip Op 8336

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that probable cause bars a claim for false arrest under Florida law just as it does under federal law
  • holding that unpublished cases cannot define clearly established law
  • holding Smith did not apply with obvious clarity to a citizen recording the rapidly evolving scene of a car crash from the I-95 median at which the plaintiff was illegally parked
  • explaining that excessive force claims for arrestees are governed by the Fourth Amendment
  • “Considering all the Kingsley factors, it seems most important that there was very little ‘force’ used and essentially no harm done.”
  • noting a circuit split “about how best to analyze claims that arise in this ‘legal twilight zone’”

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