United States Eighth Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging excessive force by the police, the denial of summary judgment to defendant-officer based on qualified immunity is reversed where videotape evidence demonstrated, as a matter of law, that the officer's conduct was objectively reasonable under the circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/25/2010
• Published 01/25/2010

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, RILEY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Vincent Valentino, argued, Lincoln, NE, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William Craig Howell, argued, Omaha, NE, for appellee.