United States Sixth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant, police officer, in a civil rights suit alleging excessive use of force in connection with riot control is reversed where it was clearly established that shooting plaintiff with a beanbag was objectively unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/17/2006
• Published 01/17/2006

Judges

• Before:  MARTIN, COLE, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  Kenneth L. Lawson, Lawson & Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant.  Richard Ganulin, City Solicitor's Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees.