Selvaggio v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 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 · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“District courts in this circuit have developed a three-prong analysis used to evaluate an excessive force claim based solely on tight handcuffing. The court considers whether: 1) the handcuffs were unreasonably tight; 2) the defendants ignored the [plaintiff's] pleas that the handcuffs were too tight; and 3) the degree of injury to the wrists.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“handcuffing will be the reasonable course in many, if not most arrest situations,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[E]ven if these five varied allegations over the course of a ten-year-period were sufficient to put the City on notice of a constitutional problem, Plaintiff has failed to come forward with evidence to suggest that the City did not meaningfully investigate the allegations; indeed, she has 'presented no evidence as to the municipality's response to any prior incident of misconduct.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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