United States Tenth Circuit

Where a suspect suffers from diminished mental capacity apparent to law enforcement officers, whether intoxication, a discernible mental condition or any other situation where use of the "hog-tie" restraint presents a significant risk to the suspect's health or well being, the individual's condition mandates the use of less restrictive means for physical restraint.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/15/2001
• Published 02/15/2001

Judges

• POLITZ, Circuit Judge., Before BALDOCK, LUCERO, and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Vonde M. Smith (Kent W. Spence with her on the brief) of Lawyers & Advocates for Wyoming, Jackson, WY, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Karen A. Byrne, Byrne Law Offices, Cheyenne, WY, for Defendant-Appellant City of Laramie;  Elizabeth Zerga of Herschler, Freudenthal, Salzburg, Bonds & Zerga, Cheyenne, WY, for Defendant-Appellants Bonnie Noel, Richard D. Michel, Troy Jensen and Ben Fritzen.