United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of defendant-police officer's summary judgment motion claiming qualified immunity in a civil rights case alleging excessive force during an arrest of plaintiff is affirmed where there was sufficient evidence to allow a jury to find the force used in the arrest unreasonable, and that a reasonable officer would have known his actions violated plaintiff's right to be free from excessive force.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/28/2006
• Published 02/28/2006

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before ARNOLD, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeannette Denham, argued, North Little Rock, AR, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Pressman, argued, Lexington, MA (John W. Walker, Little Rock, on the brief), for appellee, AR.