Siler v. City of Kenosha 7thCIR 30APR2020
Topic: This is a use of force case involving deadly force. Kenosha Wisconsin police officer Torres was on patrol when he…
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Siler v. City of Kenosha 7thCIR 30APR2020
Goffin v. Ashcraft 8thCIR 24APR2020
Topic: Qualified Immunity granted for right not being clearly established. Based on a report by the burglary victim, who was Goffin’s…
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Goffin v. Ashcraft 8thCIR 24APR2020
Chestnut v. Wallace 8thCIR 21JAN2020
In this case Chestnut is jogging and observing an officer make traffic stops. When the officer sees the jogger a second…
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Chestnut v. Wallace 8thCIR 21JAN2020
Baker v City of Trenton 6thCIR 29AUG2019
This case is terribly tragic. An 18-year-old high school student named Kyle experimented with LSD on a “Senior Skip Day” and…
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Baker v City of Trenton 6thCIR 29AUG2019
Clark v. Clark 8thCIR 13JUN2019
A principal of a school calls 911 and reports gunshots coming from the direction of nearby woods. Two deputies arrive at…
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Clark v. Clark 8thCIR 13JUN2019
Karels v. Storz 8thCIR 15OCT2018
This is another 42 USC 1983 civil suit for excessive use of force. In this case, the 8th Circuit denied Qualified…
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Karels v. Storz 8thCIR 15OCT2018
Conlogue v. Hamilton 1stCIR 11OCT2018
This case is about whether an officer should be granted qualified immunity in a 42 USC 1983 civil suit alleging excessive…
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Conlogue v. Hamilton 1stCIR 11OCT2018
United States v Fiseku 2ndCIR 4OCT2018
The use of handcuffs doesn't necessarily turn a Terry Stop into a de facto arrest. The defendant and two other men…
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United States v Fiseku 2ndCIR 4OCT2018
Shumpert v. City of Toledo 5thCIR 24 SEP2018
It was a warm, muggy summer night in Tupelo, Mississippi, when Officer Senter saw a car he believed was involved in narcotics…
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Shumpert v. City of Toledo 5thCIR 24 SEP2018
Lee v. Tucker 10thCIR 24SEP2018
A domestic altercation between a man and his wife who were both drunk resulted in a 911 call to the police…
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Lee v. Tucker 10thCIR 24SEP2018