Russell Marcilis, II v. Township of Redford

How courts have described this case

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• holding that officers’ actions were not excess where officers pointed guns at plaintiffs for thirty minutes and physically harmed plaintiff
• explaining that a pleading referring to all defendants generally and categorically is insufficient to allege each individual’s personal involvement and, therefore, liability
• explaining that a pleading referring to all defendants generally and categorically is insufficient to allege each individual’s personal involvement and, therefore, liability
• recognizing the “dangers inherent in narcotics-related searches” and holding that “officers conducting residential searches may detain individuals in handcuffs and display firearms where the officers have a justifiable fear of personal safety”
• applying Hartman and holding that defendant police officers were entitled to summary judgment on retaliatory arrest claim because officers had probable cause for the arrest
• dismissing a complaint raising a Bivens claim where the complaint “ma[de] only categorical references to ‘Defendants’ ” (emphasis added)

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