Williams v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• denying excessive-force claim where prisoner was being argumentative and the officer grabbed his arm and attempted to shove him into a closed door; this was determined to be a de minimis use of force reasonably related to a security need
• “grabb[ing]” an inmate “by the arm” while “attempting to shove him into a closed door”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Lockett v. Suardini
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-05-14· cited 167×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hudson v. McMillian
  Supreme Court· 1992-02-25· cited 8,199×
• Darryl McGore v. Gene L. Wrigglesworth, Chief Sheriff Richard Chinelli, Administrator Ingham County Sheriff's Department
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-06-11· cited 5,495×
• Gregory A. Ivey v. George Wilson, Ron Hanley, Lt. Barnes, Robert Hendricks, Dewey Sowders, Capt. Barnett, Phil Parker, Andy Knight, and Tom Stewart
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-11-04· cited 1,415×
• Bellamy v. Bradley
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-03-09· cited 838×
• Douglas Emmons v. Robert McLaughlin Donald Ratliff, Gary Dewalt, City of Norwalk, Reese Wineman
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-06-30· cited 347×