Spacey v. Close

How courts have described this case

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• finding excessive force where the plaintiff was not resisting forced entry or being placed in restraints
• finding excessive force where the plaintiff was not resisting forced entry or being placed in restraints
• “Because there is no underlying conduct that was ‘itself violative of a plaintiff’s constitutional rights,’ the assertion that the supervisors are also liable fails.”
• \It was clearly established in 2010 that a prison official may not inflict unnecessary and wanton pain and suffering by using force against an inmate maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm.\
• “It was clearly established in 2010 that a prison official may not inflict unnecessary and wanton pain and suffering by using force against an inmate maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).