894 F. Supp. 310 - Nemeckay v. Rule’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1367 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton
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“Certainly, [the driver] had a clearly established right to be free from the excessive use of force in his arrest. However, as Anderson indicates, this does not end the inquiry. Rather, this Court must ask whether [the troopers] had reason to know that, under the circumstances of this particular arrest, failure to heed [the driver’s] complaints [about the overly-tight handcuffs] could be considered an excessive use of force.... [I]f reasonable officers could disagree on whether Defendants’ failure to loosen the handcuffs was excessive force, [the troopers] are entitled to qualified immunity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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