United States Eleventh Circuit

A detainee's journey to the jail in the county that issued his arrest warrant, despite its extended nature, was a "brief detention" incident to a lawful arrest, and his handcuffing-based excessive-force claim was meritless where no signs of an alleged medical condition were obvious.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/17/2002
• Published 06/17/2002

Judges

• EDMONDSON, Chief Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, RONEY, Circuit Judge, and JORDAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey Arthur Rynor,Loren H. Cohen, Mitrani, Rynor & Gallegos, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellants., Jon H. Gutmacher, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.