Cox v. Fischer’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “when officers use force against a parolee they suspect of violating the conditions of his parole, they are effecting [sic] a 'seizure' of the parolee for committing a new offense, not a 'punishment' for committing the crime for which he was convicted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ficklin v. Rusinko

2. “As several courts have recognized, a parolee's claim that he was subjected to excessive force in the course of an arrest for a parole violation arises under the Fourth Amendment, not the Eighth Amendment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ficklin v. Rusinko