Youell v. Gaines

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that, regardless of whether force was excessive, officer was entitled to qualified immunity for using a “straight-arm takedown” when a juvenile pulled her arm away from an officer escorting her
• collecting cases holding that Heck does not bar all excessive force claims because plaintiff who resists arrest can behave peacefully at another time
• discussing a municipal police officer’s conduct while making an arrest in the context of the Act
• “When an individual is resisting arrest, an officer can use the amount of force necessary to overcome her resistance.”
• “To be considered on summary judgment, evidence must either be non-hearsay pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 801, or must qualify for a hearsay exception pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 803.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).