United States Tenth Circuit
Fisher v. City of Las Cruces, 07-2294
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force by defendant-officers in arresting plaintiff, summary judgment for defendants on qualified immunity grounds is reversed where plaintiff's injuries were sufficient to satisfy the minimal threshold injury requirement.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/19/2009
- Published 10/19/2009
Judges
- TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge., Before BRISCOE, TYMKOVICH, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Dennis W. Montoya, Montoya Law, Inc., Rio Rancho, N.M., for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Jared Abrams, City of Las Cruces, N.M., for Defendants-Appellees.