· 11/2/1993
Soares v. State of Connecticut
Citations
- 8 F.3d 917
- 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 28622
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \[W]e reject defendants' invitation to adopt a per se rule that the use of handcuffs in effecting an arrest is always reasonable.\
- “Neither the Supreme Court nor the Second Circuit has established that a person has the right not to be handcuffed in the course of a particular arrest, even if [she] does not resist or attempt to flee.”
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