Sheldon v. City of Ambler

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• noting that reasonable jury could find excessive force used when mildly resisting arrestee was tased five times
• equating the officer and the city for purposes of entitlement to qualified immunity when plaintiff sued both for excessive force in violation of Alaska statutes
• looking specifically to case law where another officer used a \bear hug and take down\ in order to determine if such a maneuver was excessive force
• addressing plaintiff's state law failure to train claim against the city even after affirming a grant of qualified immunity to the officer, though not reaching the merits of the claim because the claim was waived
• interpreting Alaskan statutory qualified immunity in light of Saucier v. Katz
• interpreting Alaskan statutory qualified immunity in light of Saucier v. Katz

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