Porro v. Barnes

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a suit under § 1983 against an employee in their official capacity is “another way of pleading an action against the county or municipality they represent”
• stating that excessive force claims related “to the events leading up to and including an arrest of a citizen previously at liberty” are governed by the Fourth Amendment
• explaining that a § 1983 suit against individual defendants in their official capacities is basically another way of pleading an action against the county or municipality they represent
• noting that when a plaintiff sues a defendant in his or her official capacity, the suit is “essentially another way of pleading an action against the county or municipality [the official] represent[s]”
• “[S]uing individuals in their official 13 capacity under § 1983 … is essentially another way of pleading an action against the [governmental entity] they represent.”
• noting different excessive force standards for individuals in different stages of the criminal justice system

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).