Tofano v. Reidel

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• applying the reasonableness standard to both excessive force and unreasonable seizure claims
• applying the reasonableness standard to both excessive force and unreasonable seizure claims
• qualified immunity for restraining plaintiff in a prone position on the ground with three officers on top of plaintiff in 1995
• police officers did not use excessive force on subject who ultimately died of positional asphyxia, despite fact that they engaged him in violent struggle, sprayed him with cap stun, and restrained him in a prone position on the ground

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).